method

table_exists?

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PostgreSQLAdapter

table_exists?(name)

public

Returns true if table exists. If the schema is not specified as part of name then it will only find tables within the current schema search path (regardless of permissions to access tables in other schemas)

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb, line 787
      def table_exists?(name)
        schema, table = Utils.extract_schema_and_table(name.to_s)
        return false unless table

        binds = [[nil, table]]
        binds << [nil, schema] if schema

        exec_query(            SELECT COUNT(*)            FROM pg_class c            LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace            WHERE c.relkind in ('v','r')            AND c.relname = '#{table.gsub(/(^"|"$)/,'')}'            AND n.nspname = #{schema ? "'#{schema}'" : 'ANY (current_schemas(false))'}, 'SCHEMA').rows.first[0].to_i > 0
      end

table_exists?

Method deprecated or moved

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