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RSH
I'm creating databases programatically in .Net and I want to verify that the
database doesn't exist before creating it. i found the SQL code:

IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM <databasename >)

But when I run the code against a known database, even in SQL Management
Studio I get a "Incorrect syntax near ')' error.

What am i doing wrong?

Thanks
RSH
Nov 21 '05 #1
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> I'm creating databases programatically in .Net and I want to verify that
the
database doesn't exist before creating it. i found the SQL code:


IF EXISTS (
SELECT *
FROM Information_Sch ema.Schemata
WHERE Catalog_Name = 'YourDatabaseNa me'
)
/* Database Exists */
ELSE
/* Database does not exist */

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