* Dan Anderson > I am trying to make my PHP script autodetect when a table in a mySQL > database exists, and when it doesn't, create it. > > Is there some way to do something like: > > SELECT * FROM tables WHERE name = "table_name"; > > And get a result I could test for truth, and thus run my script?
SHOW TABLES LIKE "table\_name"; Note that the underscore must be escaped with a backslash, because the LIKE operator use underscore as a wildcard for a single character. In other words, this statement: SHOW TABLES LIKE "table_name"; ... would match "table_name", but also "tableAname" and tableBname". -- Roger -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
