Incorrect Database Name in Connection URL

This section describes what will happen if incorrect database names specified in the connection URL.

If you selected a wrong database, or the login name has no access to that database, getConnection() method will throw a SQLExection object for you to catch. In this case, the getMessage() method of the SQLExection object will give you the detailed error message.

The tutorial program below shows you an example of the SQLException resulting from a wrong database name in the connection URL:

/* WrongDatabase.java
 * Copyright (c) HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved.
 */
import java.sql.*;
public class WrongDatabase {
  public static void main(String [] args) {
    Connection con = null;
    try {

// Obtaining a connection to SQL Server
      con = DriverManager.getConnection(
          "jdbc:sqlserver://localhost\\SQLEXPRESS;"
        + "user=herong;password=T0pSecret;"
        + "database=AdventureWorksWrong");

      con.close();
    } catch (SQLException e) {
      System.err.println("SQLException: "
        +e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

You will get the following message, if you run it.

herong> java -cp .;mssql-jdbc-9.4.1.jre16.jar WrongDatabase.java

SQLException: Cannot open database "AdventureWorksWrong" requested by
the login. The login failed. ClientConnectionId:
d72c009b-1cf0-425d-b315-2d7618a5df26

The error message is not so accurate. The login is correct. The select database operation fails, because database "AdventureWorksWrong" does not exist on the SQL Server.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) Introduction

 JDK (Java SE) Installation

 Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition

Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server

 Installing Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server

 Loading Driver Class Automatically

 Loading Driver Class with Class.forName()

 DriverManager.getConnection() and Connection URL

 Enable TCP/IP with SQL Server Configuration Manager

 Specifying Port Number in Connection URL

 Instance Name Better than Port Number

 Specifying Instance Name in Connection URL

 Closing the Database Connection - con.close()

 Specifying Database Name in Connection URL

Incorrect Database Name in Connection URL

 Creating Connections with DataSource Class

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - Query Statements and Result Sets

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DatabaseMetaData Object

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DDL Statements

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DML Statements

 SQL Server - PreparedStatement

 SQL Server CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT

 SQL Server BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - Flat Text Files

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS Access

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS SQL Server

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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