Hibernate version:
3.0.5

Name and version of the database you are using:
MySQL 4.1

hello everyone!

when you use "SchemaExport.create(..., ...)" on a database that already
has a schema and contains objects, all objects will be lost.

is there a way to check if a database is already set up with a certain schema?
or can one tell SchemaExport to not drop exisiting records?

thanks for your help in advance!

ok, i just answered one part of the question myself...

call SchemaExport.create(..., false) and existing records will not
be killed.

but still: how can i check if a database already contains a certain schema?

try this ...

org.hibernate.Session.connection()
java.sql.Connection.getDatabaseMetaData().
java.sql.DatabaseMetaData.getTables()