How do I check in SQLite whether a table exists?

If you're using SQLite version 3.3+ you can easily create a table with:

create table if not exists TableName (col1 typ1, ..., colN typN)

In the same way, you can remove a table only if it exists by using:

drop table if exists TableName

I missed that FAQ entry.

Anyway, for future reference, the complete query is:

SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='{table_name}';

Where {table_name} is the name of the table to check.

Documentation section for reference: Database File Format. 2.6. Storage Of The SQL Database Schema

This will return a list of tables with the name specified; that is, the cursor will have a count of 0 (does not exist) or a count of 1 (does exist)

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