Hi Martina,

This is the first time I am beginning to understand the schema (a little). Thank you!
Just a follow up question.
How would you add a table to the DB - using SSMS - with a different schema? (e.g. schema "my")

>Hi,
>
>dbo.is default owner/schema for MSSQL and each database.
>The answer for your question is: Yes, because you can have in database two tables: dbo.anytable and my.anytable with different structure. "my" is next schema.
>
>MartinaJ
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I need to check (from a VFP 9 application) if a table in the SQL Server DB exists. I found a pretty simple code in one of the online threads. The code is as follows:
>>
>>

>>IF not (EXISTS (SELECT * 
>>                 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES 
>>                 WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'DBO' 
>>                 AND  TABLE_NAME = 'MyTable'))
>>BEGIN
>>    print 'does not exists'
>>END
>>

>>
>>My question is about the Table_Schema. In general I still don't understand what is the SQL Schema. If I put the 'DBO' in the Table_Schema above, the code works; the table - if exists - is found. But could there be a case - in the customer SQL Server database - that I need to enter something different than 'DBO'? Or, to be safe, should I drop the TABLE_SCHEMA from the WHERE completely?
>>
>>TIA