[Solved] JDBC: java.sql.SQLException: Can’t drop database ‘database_name’; database doesn’t exist


java.sql.SQLException occurs in JDBC APIs failure while executing any query. Here trying to drop database schema. which is not exist that’s why server is throwing below exception as output.

Sample Code

 try
{
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
Connection	connection=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/", "root", "facingissuesonit");
Statement smt = conn.createStatement();
System.out.println("Drop Database ....");
smt.executeUpdate("drop database FacingIssuesOnITDB"<span id="mce_SELREST_start" style="overflow:hidden;line-height:0;">&#65279;</span>);
System.out.println("Database drop successfully ....");
		}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
catch (SQLException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}

 

Output Message


java.sql.SQLException: Can't drop database 'facingissuesonitdb'; database doesn't exist
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.exceptions.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:127)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.exceptions.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:95)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.exceptions.SQLExceptionsMapping.translateException(SQLExceptionsMapping.java:122)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.StatementImpl.executeUpdateInternal(StatementImpl.java:1393)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.StatementImpl.executeLargeUpdate(StatementImpl.java:2353)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.StatementImpl.executeUpdate(StatementImpl.java:1303)
    at com.fioit.jdbc.examples.schemasetup.DatabaseOperationTest.dropDatabase(DatabaseOperationTest.java:59)
    at com.fioit.jdbc.examples.schemasetup.DatabaseOperationTest.main(DatabaseOperationTest.java:19)

Issue

java.sql.SQLException occurs in JDBC APIs failure while executing any query. Here trying to drop database schema. which is not exist that’s why server is throwing below exception as output.

Solutions

Instead of directly running drop sql quey .first check for existence of database/table then execute sql query.

for Example

Drop Database:

drop database if exists FacingIssuesOnITDB

Drop Table:

drop table if exists Students

Issues Solution

For more other JAVA/JDBC issues solution follow link JAVA/JDBC Issues.

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