Re: [SQLObject] Re: Checking if a database exists using SQLObject

[Oleg B. <ph...@ma...>]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 02:39:15PM -0300, Evandro Vale Miquelito wrote:
> As I can see, the only way I can do that is checking the database 
> system(postgres, mysql...) and verifying specific exceptions.

   In Postgres you can do the ususal trick - connect to template1 database
and list availabale databases.
   In all databases including Postgres distinguish connection error (no
server on the host:port), no db error and auth error.

Oleg.
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