My best idea so far is

if 'psycopg2.errors.UndefinedTable' in str(err)

Just to note, I'm looking especially for psycopg2.errors.UndefinedTable, 
I'm not using any other DB.


On Wednesday, 4 December 2019 18:37:02 UTC+1, Zsolt Ero wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a way to check for a table's existance. I know I can do it 
> in 2 queries, once for checking the table and one for running the query, 
> but I'd prefer to do it in one query with a try-except block.
>
> What is the best way to do this? I'm using psycopg2 and I see that the 
> raised error is "psycopg2.errors.UndefinedTable". However I cannot catch 
> for this error, I can only catch for "sqlalchemy.exc.ProgrammingError".
>
> How can I catch specifically for psycopg2.errors.UndefinedTable inside 
> sqlalchemy.exc.ProgrammingError?
>
> Or is there a better way to check for a table's existance? Since it'll be 
> in an API I'd prefer to keep the query count low.
>

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