drop table X if exists;

##</code><code>##

sub tableExists
{
    my ($dbh, $tableName) = @_;
    my $exists = 0;

    #my $cursor = $this->{dbh}->table_info('%','%',$tableName,'TABLE');

    my $res = eval {
        my $cursor = $dbh->prepare("select * from $tableName where 1 = 0");
        $cursor->execute();
        $cursor->finish;
        0E0
    };

    return defined $res;
}