Is it possible to query which databases are on a databaseserver

Question

I am trying to create a list of databases to which a specified user can connect.
The user has to specify the database server, user name and password and I want to show a list of possible databases.
Can this be accomplished?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Thanks for the help. The code below lists the databases in a MS SQL Server. For MySql I think the trick is to use the query "SHOW DATABASES;" with as column name 'Database', but I don't have a MySql Server here at this moment to test it.
    public static List getDatabases(final Connection dbCon) throws Exception {
        List databases = new ArrayList();
        try {
            String databaseName = null;
            ResultSet rs;
            Statement stat;
            stat = dbCon.createStatement();
            rs = stat.executeQuery("exec sp_databases");
            while (rs.next()) {
                databaseName = rs.getString("DATABASE_NAME");
                if (!databases.contains(databaseName)) {
                    databases.add(databaseName);
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            throw new Exception("Get databases failed:" + e.getMessage());
        return databases;
    }