Something like this will help you......
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CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.check_table(varchar, varchar)
RETURNS boolean AS $$
DECLARE
v_cnt integer;
v_tbl boolean;
BEGIN
SELECT count(1) INTO v_cnt FROM pg_tables where tablename = $1 and schemaname = $2;
IF v_cnt > 0 THEN
v_tbl = 'true';
END IF;
IF v_cnt = 0 THEN
v_tbl = 'false';
END IF;
return v_tbl;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'
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select check_table('emp', 'public');
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Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (
www.enterprisedb.com)
On 1/15/07, Alban Hertroys <alban@magproductions.nl > wrote:A. Kretschmer wrote:
> am Mon, dem 15.01.2007, um 13:18:11 +0100 mailte Moritz Bayer folgendes:
>> Dear list,
>>
>> I would like to create a function which gets a tablename and checks if the
>> specific table exists.The return value should be a bool.
>> Now I'm wondering how to do this the best way.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> You can ask pg_tables:
>
> select count(1) from pg_tables where tablename = 'foo' and schemaname = 'public';
>
>
> This ask for a table called 'foo' in the schema 'public'.
If you do (something like) that in pl/pgsql, you could RETURN FOUND
after performing that query.
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