question: private boolean isCheckpointTableExists ( Connection conn ) { Statement st = null ; ResultSet rs = null ; try { st = conn . createStatement ( ) ; rs = st . executeQuery ( chkTblExistsSql ) ; return true ; } catch ( SQLException ignored ) { return false ; } finally { U . close ( rs , log ) ; U . close ( st , log ) ; } }
target:  This method accomplishes RDBMS-independent table exists check.