Does a table exist?
Returns if a table given by name exists in the database.
## S4 method for signature 'DatabaseConnectorConnection,character' dbExistsTable(conn, name, database = NULL, schema = NULL, ...)
conn |
A DBIConnection object, as returned by
|
name |
A character string specifying a DBMS table name. |
database |
Name of the database. |
schema |
Name of the schema. |
... |
Other parameters passed on to methods. |
dbExistsTable() returns a logical scalar, TRUE if the table or view
specified by the name argument exists, FALSE otherwise.
This includes temporary tables if supported by the database.
An error is raised when calling this method for a closed
or invalid connection.
An error is also raised
if name cannot be processed with dbQuoteIdentifier()
or if this results in a non-scalar.
Other DBIConnection generics:
DBIConnection-class,
dbAppendTable(),
dbCreateTable(),
dbDataType(),
dbDisconnect(),
dbExecute(),
dbGetException(),
dbGetInfo(),
dbGetQuery(),
dbIsReadOnly(),
dbIsValid(),
dbListFields(),
dbListObjects(),
dbListResults(),
dbListTables(),
dbReadTable(),
dbRemoveTable(),
dbSendQuery(),
dbSendStatement(),
dbWriteTable()
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