ClickHouse/docs/en/sql-reference/statements/exists.md

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# EXISTS Statement {#exists-statement}

``` sql
EXISTS [TEMPORARY] [TABLE|DICTIONARY] [db.]name [INTO OUTFILE filename] [FORMAT format]
```

Returns a single `UInt8`-type column, which contains the single value `0` if the table or database doesn’t exist, or `1` if the table exists in the specified database.
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 								# EXISTS Statement {#exists-statement}
 								``` sql
 								EXISTS [TEMPORARY] [TABLE|DICTIONARY] [db.]name [INTO OUTFILE filename] [FORMAT format]
 								```
 								Returns a single `UInt8`-type column, which contains the single value `0` if the table or database doesn’t exist, or `1` if the table exists in the specified database.