title: How to check if a table exists in Hive?
body: <p>I am connecting to Hive via an ODBC driver from a .NET application. Is there a query to determine if a table already exists?</p>
  
  <p>For example, in MSSQL you can query the <code>INFORMATION_SCHEMA</code> table and in Netezza you can query the <code>_v_table</code> table.</p>
  
  <p>Any assistance would be appreciated.</p>