From 17fffe78c297aa3c11d853974848fc2fd2547172 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Friedrich Lindenberg <friedrich@pudo.org>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 15:44:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create tables only when `ensure_schema=True`. Fixes #330.

---
 dataset/database.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dataset/database.py b/dataset/database.py
index 87d85be..ba38db5 100644
--- a/dataset/database.py
+++ b/dataset/database.py
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ class Database(object):
             # you can also use the short-hand syntax:
             table = db['population']
         """
+        if not self.ensure_schema:
+            return self.load_table(table_name)
         return self.create_table(table_name, primary_id, primary_type)
 
     def __getitem__(self, table_name):