On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 03:59:46PM -0400, Bono, Saroj AA R62 wrote: > I am going to use mysql_query() and want to find out if a certain > database exists. If mysql_real_connect() fails there are many errors > that could account for this. The database may exist , and I cant take > the error returned from the failed query to mean the db isnt there and > should be created. So what sort of query can I use to see whether the db > exists? I thought of "USE myDb" but once again a failed mysql_query cant > rule out other factors that can cause the failure. Any suggestions?
You could use "SHOW DATABASES LIKE 'myDb'". http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Show_database_info.html Jim Winstead MySQL AB -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
