Tells whether the table exists in the database, or not. - Java java.sql

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Tells whether the table exists in the database, or not.

Demo Code

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import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

public class Main{
    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(DbUtils.class);
    /**
     * Tells whether the table {@code tableName} exists in the database, or not.
     * 
     * @param connection
     *            the connection to the database
     * @param tableName
     *            the name of the table that will be checked
     * @return {@code true} if the table {@code tableName} exists in the
     *         database, {@code false} otherwise.
     * @throws SQLException
     *             if an error occurred while checking if the table exists
     */
    public static boolean hasTable(final Connection connection,
            final String tableName) throws SQLException {
        boolean hasTable = false;

        ResultSet rs = null;
        try {
            rs = connection.getMetaData().getTables(null, null, tableName,
                    null);
            if (rs.next()) {
                hasTable = true;
            }
        } finally {
            try {
                if (rs != null) {
                    rs.close();
                }
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                    logger.debug(e.getMessage(), e);
                }
            }
        }

        return hasTable;
    }
}

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