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From: Ivo Simicevic <ivo@ultra.hr>
To: Edouard DESSIOUX <edx@intrinsec.com>
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Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Table or not table ?
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On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 05:23:59PM +0100, Edouard DESSIOUX wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I wanted to be sure that a table exist before
> making a request such as "select * from $table"
> because it display something like 
> 
> Warning: PostgresSQL query failed: 
> ERROR: prout: Table does not exist. in
> /www/dooz.corp.intrinsec.com/tableau.php3 on line 15
> 
> Does anyone know what i could do to verify that
> the table exist, or help to disable error messages
> on web pages ?
> 
> Bye
> 
> -- 

Try

select * from pg_tables where tablename="wanted_table";

Ivo.