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CHECK IF A TABLE ALREADY EXISTS

 
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i have been able to create a table in a database using java. now i want to check if a specific table exists in that database and if that table exists, then just insert values in it or else create a new table. PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!!
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Look at Connection.getMetaData().
 
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you can do with using the getTables method of DatabaseMetaData Interface. See the complete signature of this method on Java Doc
 
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You could do "SELECT 1 FROM [TABLE_NAME]" although then you'd have to do exception trapping which should be avoided if the table not existing is a common event.
 
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Thanks to you all. It works. Now i want to get all the tables in the database or just count the number of tables exists in my database. How do i do it. Iv got a code and when i execute it, i get an error saying that the feature is not present in my ACCESS DATABSE. Please help me out for new codes or for the prob. Thanks
 
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could i get also the data or the row count for each table found in the database
 
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The query SELECT TNAME, ROWNUM FROM TAB WHERE TABTYPE = 'TABLE' can be used to get the table name and the row number of that tablename.

Hope this may help you.
 
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it didnt work. Actually can i get some more information about what to replace in the select query. i have a database name "DATABASE", and i have 2 tables named "TABLE1" and "TABLE2". i am using MICROSOFT ACCESS DATABASE and JAVA to get all the tables in the database and the data inside each table. please help me out!!!
 
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