Re: My 1st JDBC and PostgreSQL

Amn Ojee Uw <amnojeeuw@gmail.com> writes:
> https://www.tutorialspoint.com/postgresql/postgresql_java.htm
> In reference to the above web page, it reads :
> The following Java code shows how to connect to an existing database. If 
> the database does not exist, then it will be created and finally a 
> database object will be returned.
> True, the database file does not exist, but isn't JDBC supposed to 
> create it?

I think that web page is lying to you.  JDBC cannot promise to
create a database for you, because (a) if the given database
doesn't exist, it would have to guess at some other database
to connect to, with no certainty of success; and (b) even if
it manages to connect to the server, there's no certainty
that you'd have permissions to create a new database.
So I don't believe any JDBC driver would even try.

            regards, tom lane