t;</span>
<span class="sd">    Check if the MasterDataset table exists in the database.</span>

<span class="sd">    Returns:</span>
<span class="sd">        bool: True if the table exists, False otherwise.</span>
<span class="sd">    &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
    
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">pd</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read_sql</span><span class="p">(</span>
        <span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span>
            <span class="s2">&quot; SELECT EXIS