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' Procedure : DoesTblExist
' Author    : CARDA Consultants Inc.
' Website   : http://www.cardaconsultants.com
' Purpose   : Determine if the specified table exists or not in the current database
' Copyright : The following may be altered and reused as you wish so long as the
'             copyright notice is left unchanged (including Author, Website and
'             Copyright).  It may not be sold/resold or reposted on other sites (links
'             back to this site are allowed).
'
' Input Variables:
' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
' sTableName: Name of the table to check the existance of
'
' Usage Example:
' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
' DoesTblExist("Table1")
'
' Revision History:
' Rev       Date(yyyy/mm/dd)        Description
' **************************************************************************************
' 1         2010-Feb-02             Initial Release
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Function DoesTblExist(sTableName As String) As Boolean
   Dim db   As DAO.Database
   Dim tdf  As TableDef
 
On Error GoTo Error_Handler
   'Initialize our variable
   DoesTblExist = False
 
   Set db = CurrentDb()
   Set tdf = db.TableDefs(sTableName)
 
   DoesTblExist = True  'If we made it to here without triggering an error
                        'the table exists

Error_Handler_Exit:
   On Error Resume Next
   Set tdf = Nothing
   Set db = Nothing
   Exit Function
 
Error_Handler:
   If Err.Number = 3265 Then
      'If we are here it is because the table could not be found
   Else
      MsgBox "MS Access has generated the following error" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Error Number: " & _
      Err.Number & vbCrLf & "Error Source: DoesTblExist" & vbCrLf & "Error Description: " & _
      Err.Description, vbCritical, "An Error has Occured!"
   End If
   Resume Error_Handler_Exit
End Function