Check if table exists and if it doesn't exist, create it in SQL Server 2008

Question

I am writing a Stored procedure in SQL Server 2008. I need to check if a table exists in the database. If it doesn\'t then I need to create it.

How do I do this?

Answer 1

EDITED

You can look into sys.tables for checking existence desired table:

IF  NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.tables
WHERE name = N'YourTable' AND type = 'U')

BEGIN
CREATE TABLE [SchemaName].[YourTable](
    ....
    ....
    ....
) 

END