unknown database in jdbc

Question

I am using JDBC and new to it. but I keep getting this runtime exception:

   connecting to psysical database...
   com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: Unknown database 'kholofelodb'
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:411)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.getInstance(Util.java:386)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:1052)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:3609)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:3541)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:943)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.secureAuth411(MysqlIO.java:4113)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.doHandshake(MysqlIO.java:1308)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.coreConnect(ConnectionImpl.java:2336)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.connectOneTryOnly(ConnectionImpl.java:2369)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.createNewIO(ConnectionImpl.java:2153)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.<init>(ConnectionImpl.java:792)
at com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection.<init>(JDBC4Connection.java:47)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:411)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.getInstance(ConnectionImpl.java:381)
at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java:305)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:579)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:221)
at com.psybergate.database.SimbleCode.main(SimbleCode.java:22)

Here is the gave code

try {
            String connectionURL =      "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/kholofelodb";
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

            System.out.println("connecting to psysical database...");
            Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL, USER,
                    PASS);

            Statement statement = conn.createStatement();
            System.out.println("Connection has been made");

            Scanner keyBoardScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
            System.out.println("Enter table name:");
            String tableName = keyBoardScanner.nextLine();

            System.out.println("Creating table...");
            statement.executeQuery("create table " + tableName
                    + " (name , age ,salary)");
            System.out.println("Table successfully created");
            System.out.println("Inserting data into the table ...");
            statement.executeUpdate("insert into " + tableName
                    + "values (kholofelo , 21 , 9969696)");
        } 

how do I get this code to work? I am only a beginner with JDBC....

for the above code; PASS = "passowrd", USER = "root"

I had a problem with port which it was fixed through this site

thanks a lot

Answer 1

Log in to the mysql server,

$ mysql -u <username> -p<password>

List all the databases,

mysql> show databases;

Check whether your DB name is there,

+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| kholofelodb        |
| mysql              |
| phpmyadmin         |
+--------------------+

Please note: database names are case sensitive.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

please check in mysql database whether the database name 'kholofedb' is existed or not

i think you haven't created

please check it once if no create it and its related tables also