How To Determine If a Table or Query Exists

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Step-by-Step Example

1. Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
2. Add a module (Module1) to your Project.
3. If using VB 5.0, establish a reference to Microsoft DAO 3.x Object Library using the References command from the Project menu.
4. Add the following line to the General Declarations section of Module1:

         Public Const NameNotInCollection = 3265
   						

5. Add the following code to the General Declarations section of Form1:

        Dim DB As Database
   
         Private Function ExistsTableQuery(TName As String) As Boolean
            Dim Test As String
            On Error Resume Next
   
            ' See if the name is in the Tables collection:
            Test = db.TableDefs(TName).Name
            If Err = 0 Then
               ExistsTableQuery = True
            Else
               ' Reset the error variable:
               Err = 0
               ' See if the name is in the Queries collection:
               Test = db.QueryDefs(TName).Name
               If Err = 0 Then
                  ExistsTableQuery = True
               End If
            End If
         End Function
   						

6. Add the following code to the Form1_Load procedure:

         Private Sub Form_Load ()
         Set DB = DBEngine.Workspaces(0).Opendatabase("Biblio.mdb")
         Debug.Print "BadTable " ;IIF (ExistsTableQuery("BadTableName"), _
            "does", "doesn't"); " exist."
         Debug.Print "Authors " ;IIF (ExistsTableQuery("Authors"), _
            "does", "doesn't"); " exist."
         End Sub
   						

7. Start the program by choosing Start from the Run menu or by pressing the F5 key. The Immediate window correctly prints:

         BadTable doesn't exist.
         Authors does exist.