title: Is there a better way to find out if a database table is not empty than by actually querying it in ADO.Net?
body: <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/3528406/274627">This answer</a> suggests a handy way to check if a table exists in a database. Is there a somewhat similar kind of way to check if it is not empty perhaps, or should I just query the table a common SQL way find out what's there?</p>