> I was hoping for some method from within SQLite ... SQLite has no general facilities for branching or looping; you have to do that in your host language.
In addition to catching exceptions and querying sqlite_master (as already suggested), you can execute 'pragma table_info' on your table name. If anything is returned, then the table exists. This is basically the same as querying sqlite_master, but it runs a little faster (if that's important). Regards --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]