docs: def has_table(self, table_name, **kwargs):
          """
          check to see if a table is in the db
  
          table_name -- string -- the table to check
          return -- boolean -- True if the table exists, false otherwise
          """
          with self.connection(kwargs.get('connection', None)) as connection:
              kwargs['connection'] = connection
              tables = self.get_tables(table_name, **kwargs)
              return len(tables) > 0