如果存在则返回1，不存在则返回0。

set @ret = 0; 
SELECT 1 INTO @ret FROM information_schema.TABLES 
         WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE() AND TABLE_NAME = 'my_table'; 
SELECT @ret;

可以放入mysql函数中

DELIMITER $$
CREATE FUNCTION ExistTable (_tableName varchar(255))
RETURNS tinyint(4)
SQL SECURITY INVOKER
BEGIN
  DECLARE _ret tinyint;
  SET _ret = 0;
  SELECT
    1 INTO _ret
  FROM information_schema.TABLES
  WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
  AND TABLE_NAME = _tablename LIMIT 1;
  RETURN _ret;
END
$$
DELIMITER ;

并称之为

Select ExistTable('my_table');

如果存在则返回1，如果不存在则返回0。

扩展这个答案，可以进一步编写一个函数，根据表是否存在返回TRUE/FALSE:

CREATE FUNCTION fn_table_exists(dbName VARCHAR(255), tableName VARCHAR(255))
  RETURNS BOOLEAN
  BEGIN
    DECLARE totalTablesCount INT DEFAULT (
      SELECT COUNT(*)
      FROM information_schema.TABLES
      WHERE (TABLE_SCHEMA COLLATE utf8_general_ci = dbName COLLATE utf8_general_ci)
        AND (TABLE_NAME COLLATE utf8_general_ci = tableName COLLATE utf8_general_ci)
    );
    RETURN IF(
      totalTablesCount > 0,
      TRUE,
      FALSE
    );
END
;


SELECT fn_table_exists('development', 'user');

在阅读了以上所有内容后，我更喜欢以下说法:

SELECT EXISTS(
       SELECT * FROM information_schema.tables 
       WHERE table_schema = 'db' 
       AND table_name = 'table'
);

它确切地指出你想做什么，它实际上返回一个'布尔'

只是添加一个额外的方法来做它，这取决于你需要它的原因，你可以使用一个处理er_no_such_table错误:1146的处理程序，如下所示:

DELIMITER ;;
CREATE PROCEDURE `insert_in_my_table`(in my_var INT)
BEGIN
   -- Error number for table not found
   DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR 1146
   BEGIN
      -- table doesn't exists, do something...
      CREATE TABLE my_table(n INT);
      INSERT INTO my_table (n) values(my_var);
   END;
      -- table does exists, do something...
      INSERT INTO my_table (n) values(my_var);
END ;;
DELIMITER ;

下面是一个不是SELECT * FROM的表

SHOW TABLES FROM `db` LIKE 'tablename'; //zero rows = not exist

这是从一个数据库专家那里得到的，这是我被告知的:

select 1 from `tablename`; //avoids a function call
select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables where schema = 'db' and table = 'table' // slow. Field names not accurate
SHOW TABLES FROM `db` LIKE 'tablename'; //zero rows = does not exist

除了SELECT选项，其他选项都不允许使用SELECT中的数据库名称，所以我这样写:

SELECT COUNT(*) AS cnt FROM information_schema.TABLES 
WHERE CONCAT(table_schema,".",table_name)="db_name.table_name";