Check if Database Exists -- Engine Agnostic

I know, I know...I did not even want to ask the question because I think there is no way to do besides the "try and miss" approach (try to make a query to the db and catch the error/exception if 开发者_如何学运维does not exists) but I felt like asking the pros.

So, is there a way, non db-engine dependent, to check if a db exists?

Do you mean the server or a specific database?

Whatever the answer to that question - Sure there is, just use the "DoesDBExist" function of my framework. I have it in many different languages and platforms; do you need Android or C#.Net or some other? But first, you need to snatch this pebble from my hand...

_{What you have is all there is, I'm afraid.}

Standard SQL assumes that there is already a connection to a specific database. So the only way to find out if a database exists lives outside standard SQL. For example there is no CREATE DATABASE statement in standard SQL.