Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/acs-kernel.info
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/acs-kernel.info,v
diff -u -N -r1.150.2.25 -r1.150.2.26
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/acs-kernel.info	12 Apr 2020 08:52:42 -0000	1.150.2.25
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/acs-kernel.info	11 May 2020 18:51:26 -0000	1.150.2.26
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
     <implements-subsite-p>f</implements-subsite-p>
     <inherit-templates-p>t</inherit-templates-p>
 
-    <version name="5.10.0d28" url="http://openacs.org/repository/download/apm/acs-kernel-5.10.0d28.apm">
+    <version name="5.10.0d29" url="http://openacs.org/repository/download/apm/acs-kernel-5.10.0d29.apm">
         <owner url="mailto:oct@openacs.org">OpenACS Core Team</owner>
         <summary>Routines and data models providing the foundation for OpenACS-based Web services.</summary>
         <release-date>2017-08-06</release-date>
         <vendor url="http://openacs.org">OpenACS</vendor>
         <description format="text/html">The OpenACS kernel contains the core datamodel create and drop scripts for such things as objects, groups, parties and the supporting PL/SQL and PL/pgSQL procedures.</description>
         <maturity>3</maturity>
 
-        <provides url="acs-kernel" version="5.10.0d28"/>
+        <provides url="acs-kernel" version="5.10.0d29"/>
 
         <callbacks>
         </callbacks>
Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/sql/postgresql/utilities-create.sql
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/sql/postgresql/utilities-create.sql,v
diff -u -N -r1.13 -r1.13.2.1
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/sql/postgresql/utilities-create.sql	29 Jan 2019 11:30:22 -0000	1.13
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/sql/postgresql/utilities-create.sql	11 May 2020 18:51:26 -0000	1.13.2.1
@@ -71,11 +71,28 @@
    name text
 ) RETURNS boolean AS $$
 DECLARE
+ v_schema    varchar;
+ v_tablename varchar;
 BEGIN
-      return exists (
-       select 1 from pg_class
-          where relname = name
+    IF (position('.' in name) = 0) THEN
+        --
+	-- table without a schema name
+	--
+        return exists (
+            select 1 from pg_class
+                where relname = name
             and pg_table_is_visible(oid));
+    ELSE
+        --
+	-- table with schema name
+	--    
+        SELECT split_part(name, '.', 1) into v_schema;
+        SELECT split_part(name, '.', 2) into v_tablename;
+        return exists (
+            select 1 from information_schema.tables 
+            where table_schema = v_schema
+            and   table_name = v_tablename);
+   END IF;
 END;
 $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
 
Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/sql/postgresql/upgrade/upgrade-5.10.0d29-5.10.0d29.sql
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/sql/postgresql/upgrade/Attic/upgrade-5.10.0d29-5.10.0d29.sql,v
diff -u -N
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-kernel/sql/postgresql/upgrade/upgrade-5.10.0d29-5.10.0d29.sql	11 May 2020 18:51:26 -0000	1.1.2.1
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--
+-- procedure util__table_exists/1
+--
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION util__table_exists(
+   name text
+) RETURNS boolean AS $$
+DECLARE
+ v_schema    varchar;
+ v_tablename varchar;
+BEGIN
+    IF (position('.' in name) = 0) THEN
+	--
+	-- table without a schema name
+	--
+	return exists (
+	    select 1 from pg_class
+		where relname = name
+	    and pg_table_is_visible(oid));
+    ELSE
+	--
+	-- table with schema name
+	--
+	SELECT split_part(name, '.', 1) into v_schema;
+	SELECT split_part(name, '.', 2) into v_tablename;
+	return exists (
+	    select 1 from information_schema.tables
+	    where table_schema = v_schema
+	    and   table_name = v_tablename);
+   END IF;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;