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

consider in one database you have a table t1. you want to run script on other Database like - if t1 exist then do nothing else create t1. To do this open visual studio and do the following:

Right click on t1, then Script table as, then DROP and Create To, then New Query Editor

you will find your desired query. But before executing that script don't forget to comment out the drop statement in the query as you don't want to create new one if there is already one.

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