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From: Cary B. O'Brien <cobrien@access.digex.net>
To: rheller@prime.cs.ohiou.edu
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Creating a database with JDBC
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:17:08 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <199809281917.PAA26543@access5.digex.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980927131912.9303F-100000@prime.cs.ohiou.edu>

> Hi,
> 
> Is there any way to connect to the postgresql driver without having a
> database already in existence?  I want to have a Java program that can
> check if a database already exists and create the database if it doesn't
> exist
> 
You should be able to connect to template1 and select * from pg_database
to see what databases exist.

-- cary



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