>> So is connector/J able to test if MySQL is running and if not start it
>> also?
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> You get an exception if you connect and the server
> is down.
Yeah, just looking back. I've been using JDBC all along obviously. It's
funny that connector/mxj appeared to at least partially work.
> And I guess you can start MySQL with Runtime.getRuntime().exec(),
> but that is not the driver.
Ok, something along these lines is what I'm looking for. I want to try
to do everything possible to get a server up and running before I tell
the user that I don't know what's going on and they need to contact
someone to sort it out. connector/mxj appeared to offer this but
obviously not :).
Lionel.