Determining the Default Database
Problem
Has any database been selected as the default database? What is its name?
Solution
Use the
DATABASE()
function.
Discussion
SELECTDATABASE() returns the name of the
default database or NULL if no
database has been selected. The following Ruby code uses the statement
to present a status display containing information about the current
connection:
db = dbh.select_one("SELECT DATABASE()")[0]
puts "Default database: " + (db.nil? ? "(no database selected)" : db)Note that before MySQL 4.1.1, DATABASE() returns an empty string
(not NULL) if there is no current
database.
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