How to determine the existence of a table in SQL Server

In SQL Server, you can determine if a table exists using the following methods:

1. Use the IF EXISTS statement:
2. If a table with the specified name exists in the database, proceed with the processing logic.
3. Utilize the sys.tables system view:
4. If there is a table with the name “table_name” in the database, execute the logic for handling the table’s existence.

In the given code, replace ‘table_name’ with the name of the table to be checked. If the table exists, execute the logic for existing table, otherwise do not execute anything.

Please note that when using the first method, you need to specify the table type as ‘U’, which stands for user table.