Check if Table or Column Already Exits

--
-- Check if table or column already exits
--

DECLARE @count as int;

-- Check if table with a given column already exists
-- using `INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS`
SELECT @count = count(table_name)
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE  table_name = 'INSERT_YOUR_TABLENAME_HERE'
AND   column_name = 'INSERT_YOUR_COLUMN_NAME_HERE';

-- if the table wasn't found do ...
IF ISNULL(@count, 0) = 0
    BEGIN
        -- INSERT YOUR SCRIPT HERE
    END