title: Can the INFORMATION_SCHEMA schema be used to check if a database exists?
body: <p>There are <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/679000/how-to-check-if-a-database-exists-in-sql-server">alternative ways</a> to detect database existence, but can the INFORMATION_SCHEMA schema be used instead (such as in the master db, or somewhere else)?</p>