GetConnection without Database Name???

Question

here's the part of my source code.
try{
     Class.forName(driverName);
     conn = DriverManager.getConnection( ======== url Part ======== , "sa", "");                                             
     stmt = conn.createStatement();
     metadata = conn.getMetaData();
}catch(Exception e){
     System.out.println(e);
     System.out.println("Connection|Statement Creation Error!");
     return false;
with that URL PART...
I should know one of the databse Name before I get a connection.
but, I need to select database after i get a connection.
is there a way???? to do this?
can you explain it to me?

Answer 1

It'll probably depend on the RDBMS. You can certainly do this in Sybase (and perhaps SQL Server). The URL simply contains the path to the server (that contains many databases). You can then issue a 'use database' sql statement to have the connection point to a particular database.
Dave