You can try to prepare a trivial statement with that column name: select thecol from t. If it prepares, the column exists (simply finalize the statement - you need not execute it). If not, either the column or table are missing.
You can try to prepare a trivial statement with that column name: select thecol from t. If it prepares, the column exists (simply finalize the statement - you need not execute it). If not, either the column or table are missing.