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Old August 1st, 2005, 08:56 PM
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Default Newbie question: check if table exists in DB

I am trying to check if a table exists in the DB before dropping the table in the following method that I have put together in a JUnit test trying to use the getMetaData() from the API:

    public void testDropTable () throws SQLException{
        Connection con = getConnection();
        Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
        ResultSet checkTable = con.getMetaData().getTables(null, null, "POITest", null);
        if (checkTable != null){
            try {
                String dropTable = "DROP TABLE ";
                String[] tables = DB_TABLE;
                for (int i = 0; i < tables.length; i++){
                    String stringCode = new String();
                    stringCode = stringCode + tables[i];
                    System.out.println(dropTable + tables[i]);

                    // Drop each table in the array.
                    int temp = stmt.executeUpdate(dropTable + tables[i]);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e) {
                fail("Drop Table testDropTable threw an exception: " +(e.getMessage()));
            }
        }
        else{
            con.close();
        }
    }

If my table does not exist it still goes into the IF statement and I just want to bypass this method all together. Any suggestions or direction would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
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Hi,

Try in the IF statement checkTable.next()

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Old August 2nd, 2005, 08:15 AM
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Thanks for the response. The bolded code is what I found to fix my problem and I hope it helps someone else:

public void testDropTable () throws SQLException{
        Connection con = getConnection();
        Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
        ResultSet checkTable = con.getMetaData().getTables(null, null, "POI", null);
        String tableName = null;
        while (checkTable.next())
        {
            System.out.println("In here");
            tableName = checkTable.getString("TABLE_NAME");
            System.out.println(tableName);
        }
        if (tableName != null){
            try {
                String dropTable = "DROP TABLE ";
                String[] tables = DB_TABLE;
                for (int i = 0; i < tables.length; i++){
                    String stringCode = new String();
                    stringCode = stringCode + tables[i];
                    System.out.println(dropTable + tables[i]);

                    // Drop each table in the array.
                    int temp = stmt.executeUpdate(dropTable + tables[i]);
                }
            }

            catch (Exception e) {
                fail("Drop Table testDropTable threw an exception: " +(e.getMessage()));
            }
        }
        else{
            con.close();
        }
    }

Thank you.
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I also want this code for my application.
I have one table "data_table" in "local_data" Microsoft Access database file.
I want my application first check whether this table exit or not. If exit then delete it, if not exit do nothing.
So what I need to change in your code.
In your code:
Code:
  tableName = checkTable.getString("TABLE_NAME");
here I need to change "TABLE_NAME" with "data_table"?
And what I need to change here:
Code:
String[] tables = DB_TABLE;
or I also need to change in other part of program.
 
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