title: Check if a full text catalog exists in 2000
body: <p>I'm trying to detect whether a database has a specific full text catalog so that I can either use it or avoid executing part of a script that would create errors without the catalog.  I know in sql server 2005 you can use:</p>
  
  <pre><code>IF EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sys.fulltext_catalogs WHERE name = 'catalog_name')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But we have to support sql server 2000 still and I can't use that.  Is there another way to check for the catalog?</p>