Check if table exists in SQL Server

Question

I would like this to be the ultimate discussion on how to check if a table exists in SQL Server 2000/2005 using SQL Statements.

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Answer 1

In SQL Server 2000 you can try:

IF EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sysobjects WHERE type = 'U' and name = 'MYTABLENAME')
BEGIN
   SELECT 1 AS 'res' 
END