[geeklog-devel] MS SQL question

[Michael Jervis]

SELECT 1 FROM sysobjects WHERE name= '{$_TABLES[$table]}'

Probably want to check XTYPE as well, but I can't recall right now the
correct value for table.

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 19:44, Dirk Haun <dirk at haun-online.de> wrote:
> In the install script, we have this function:
>
> /**
>  * Check if a table exists
>  *
>  * @param   string $table   Table name
>  * @return  boolean         True if table exists, false if it does not
>  *
>  */
> function INST_checkTableExists ($table)
> {
>    global $_TABLES, $_DB_dbms;
>
>    $exists = false;
>
>    if ($_DB_dbms == 'mysql') {
>        $result = DB_query ("SHOW TABLES LIKE '{$_TABLES[$table]}'");
>        if (DB_numRows ($result) > 0) {
>            $exists = true;
>        }
>    }
>
>    return $exists;
> }
>
> As can be seen, it's only covering MySQL. How would you check for the
> existance of a table in MS SQL?
>
> bye, Dirk
>
>
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