Name
PROBE-DATABASE — tests for existence of a databaseFunction
Syntax
probe-database connection-spec &key database-type => success
Arguments and Values
connection-specA connection specification
database-typeA database type specifier, i.e. a keyword.
This defaults to the value of
*default-database-type*
successA boolean flag. If T, the database exists
in the database system.
Description
This function tests for the existence of a database in
the database system specified by
database-type.
Examples
(probe-database '("localhost" "new" "dent" "dent") :database-type :postgresql)
=> T
Exceptional Situations
An exception maybe thrown if the database system does
not receive administrator-level authentication since function
may need to read the administrative database of the database
system.
Notes
probe-database is a CLSQL extension.