private void btnTestTableExists_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string tableName = "MyTable";
string cmdText = "select * from " + tableName;
// MySql Assumes
// Access DB Assumes c:/test.mdb exists and may or maynot have a table named "mytable"
// MYSQL CONNECTION
string MySqlConString = "SERVER=localhost;DATABASE=test;UID=test1;PASSWORD=testpass;";
MySqlConnection mysqlConn = new MySqlConnection(MySqlConString);
MySqlCommand mySqlCommand = mysqlConn.CreateCommand();
mySqlCommand.CommandText = cmdText;
MySqlDataAdapter mySqlAdapter = new MySqlDataAdapter(mySqlCommand.CommandText, mysqlConn);
// OLEDB CONNECTION
string oleConString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source = " + @"c:/test.mdb" + ";";
OleDbConnection oleConn = new OleDbConnection(oleConString);
OleDbCommand oleCommand = new OleDbCommand(cmdText);
OleDbDataAdapter myOleAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(oleCommand.CommandText, oleConn);
// ACTUAL TESTING
bool mySqltableExist = Extensions_Data.Data_Extensions.TableExists(mysqlConn, "mytable777");
bool oleTableExist = Extensions_Data.Data_Extensions.TableExists(oleConn, "mytable777");
mySqltableExist = mySqlAdapter.TableExists("mytable");
oleTableExist = myOleAdapter.TableExists("mytable");
// scratch stuff
MessageBox.Show("hey, it worked (T/F): " + mySqltableExist.ToString());
}