create database if not exists

[shweta gandhi]

Someone know how to create database in postgreSQL through Java code?
How to check particular database exist or not in postgreSQL through java code?

[michaelb]

The query you need to execute is not depending on the client API, whether it is Java, C, or anything else.
Look at this thread for details.

It may be also helpful to review documentation on Create database and Information Schema

[shweta gandhi]

thanks for reply.
but i want to create database dynamically through jdbc .
in java to get connected we have to enter database name in getconnection() method.

[ Connection con = DriverManager.g etConnection("j dbc:postgresql://IpAddress:5432/" + databasename, dbusername, dbpassword); ]

but sice we don't have any database how to? & where to get connected?
how to create database at run time??

[michaelb]

Typically you would use external utility createdb, but if you want to do it in Java, first time you can connect to template1, but once you have created some database you can connect to it and create new ones.

See more details here

[shweta gandhi]

hi
thanks ur soln worked.
but How to check particular database exist or not in postgreSQL through java code?

[shweta gandhi]

hi
thanks ur soln worked.
but How to check particular database exist or not in postgreSQL through java code? i.e. how to compare two databases names and structure?

[michaelb]

hi
thanks ur soln worked.
but How to check particular database exist or not in postgreSQL through java code? i.e. how to compare two databases names and structure?

I'm not sure what "ur soln" means...
To get the list of the databases you can run this query:

select datname from pg_catalog.pg_database;

if all you need is to find out whether a particular database exists you can modify this query a bit, something like this will work:

select count(*) from pg_catalog.pg_database where datname = 'some_name';

I think there are some third-party tools that may help you with comparing databases, I don't have any specific pointers, but if you spend some time with Google you will find few.

If you don't want to employ any third-party tools you need to define exactly what you mean by "comparing the database structures"
Does this include just a list of tables, or also other objects, such as views, functions, triggers, rules, etc.

As I mentioned earlier studying the manual on Information schema may be very helpful to you.

[nlshriraam]

thanks for reply.
but i want to create database dynamically through jdbc .
in java to get connected we have to enter database name in getconnection() method.

[ Connection con = DriverManager.g etConnection("j dbc:postgresql://IpAddress:5432/" + databasename, dbusername, dbpassword); ]

but sice we don't have any database how to? & where to get connected?
how to create database at run time??

prepare a class name and do the follow code

//public final static String DRIVER = "com.mysql.jdbc .Driver";
//public final static String URL = "jdbc:mysql ://localhost/IA";
//public final static String USER = "";
//public final static String PASSWORD = "";

private static Properties dbprops = new Properties();
private static Driver myDriver = null;
private static Connection connection = null;
private static Statement statement1 = null;
public static void init() {

dbprops.put("us er", USER);
dbprops.put("pa ssword", PASSWORD);
try
{
myDriver = (Driver)Class.f orName(DRIVER). newInstance();
connection = DriverManager.g etConnection(UR L, dbprops);
try
{
Statement st = connection.crea teStatement();
BufferedReader bf = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamRead er(System.in));
String database = DATABASENAME; // "nlshriraam ";//bf.readLine();
st.executeUpdat e("CREATE DATABASE "+database) ;

}
catch (SQLException s)
{

}
}
catch (Exception e)
{


}
return;
}


hope this work
regards
NLShriraam