Question : How do I check if a table exists, before creating the table...

NOTE: This is SQL 2000. There is NO zone for SQL2000 so I put it into 2005

I am trying to check to see if the table exists before creating the table. This is how I am trying to do it now.

I get this error when I try to run it...

Server: Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid object name 'sys.objects'.

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             /****** Object:  Table [dbo].[loginfo]    Script Date: 11/12/2009 17:44:56 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[loginfo]') AND type in (N'U'))
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[loginfo](
	[username] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
	[logintime] [datetime] NULL,
	[page] [varchar](100) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
	[browser] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
	[platform] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
	[sourceip] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
	[status] [varchar](100) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL
)
END
GO

           
         

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Question : How do I check if a table exists, before creating the table...

Answer : How do I check if a table exists, before creating the table...

use sysobjects instead of sys.objects