Dear Magnus, On the Derby Wiki, I have posted the source for a DatabaseManager class that does this (among other things):
http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/DatabaseManager The current version of DatabaseManager does much more but unfortunately I am not free to post that source code. Donald On Jan 3, 2008 9:43 AM, Magnus Prime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > I am fairly new to derby, but I am enjoying it so far. What I want to > know, is there a way to connect to Derby, and check that the DB you want to > use exists, and if not, then go create it. > > I am using the embedded driver (in a Java program), and I know I can add > the ;create flag to the URL, but does that have any adverse effects if the > DB has already been created? > > The end result of what i am trying to accomplish, is that the first time > the program is run, create the required DB and its tables/sample data, and > from then on, dont create it if it already exists. > >
