Re: [PHP] Re: Table exists?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * and then CC Zona declared > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Wilson) wrote: > > > What would be the easiest way to see if a MySQL table exists with PHP? > > I can do it by checking against mysql_list_tables() but that seems a > > little clumsy. Is there a better way? > > See MySQL's documentation of the "CREATE TABLE" and "DROP TABLE" syntax: > both support table existance checks. > > create table if not exists mytablename... > drop table if exists mytablename... Yeah, but I don't want to create or drop the table, I just want to check it exists. Thanks anyway. - -- Nick Wilson Tel:+45 3325 0688 Fax:+45 3325 0677 Web:www.explodingnet.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8ZYtKHpvrrTa6L5oRAstZAKCbKPBSjja+WkBB6xuV3p/CL5+u3ACgrHVS HzIhSNIpfVAVtEtOnLpvYMU= =D7Ja -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Table exists?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Wilson) wrote: > What would be the easiest way to see if a MySQL table exists with PHP? > I can do it by checking against mysql_list_tables() but that seems a > little clumsy. Is there a better way? See MySQL's documentation of the "CREATE TABLE" and "DROP TABLE" syntax: both support table existance checks. create table if not exists mytablename... drop table if exists mytablename... -- CC -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Table exists?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * and then Martin C. Petersen declared > Do a select on the table - if the query returns true the table exists > otherwise the test is inconclusive.. Yep, that'l do it. cheers. - -- Nick Wilson Tel:+45 3325 0688 Fax:+45 3325 0677 Web:www.explodingnet.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8ZYQEHpvrrTa6L5oRAnT2AKCxXgZv9C5+4RCu/Atn5sLCOF7pmACfbgAc Trt749MnUo6/GJsU+D6ykyg= =QXfl -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Table exists?
Nick Wilson wrote: > What would be the easiest way to see if a MySQL table exists with PHP? > I can do it by checking against mysql_list_tables() but that seems a > little clumsy. Is there a better way? Do a select on the table - if the query returns true the table exists otherwise the test is inconclusive.. Best regards Martin Petersen -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
