creating a database in mysql from java

Question

Could you help with this problem.

I\'m trying to create and then use a database called TIGER.

I have no problem if I create the database in MySQL and it runs

Answer 1

You could always run

int myResult = statement.executeUpdate("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS TIGER;")

If this is ran on project start up it will simply check if the database exists and if it doesn't it will create the new database.

For reference: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/create-database.html