Function PROBE-DATABASE — tests for existence of a database
Function
probe-database connection-spec &key database-type => success
A connection specification
A database type specifier, i.e. a keyword. This defaults to the value of *default-database-type*
A boolean flag. If T, the database exists in the database system.
This function tests for the existence of a database in the database system specified by database-type.
(probe-database '("localhost" "new" "dent" "dent") :database-type :postgresql) => T
None
An exception maybe thrown if the database system does not receive administrator-level authentication since function may need to read the administrative database of the database system.
probe-database is a CLSQL extension.