Hibernate version:
3.2.1.ga

Hi to all

Is possible to create / drop a database using Hibernate?.

I mean using pure Hibernate API from a Java application.

Any help is very appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Hibernate tools can help you do that. You can invoke hbm2ddl hibernate tool at runtime and do a schema export. But doing that in runtime, I don't know how safe it is. You should read the hibernate tools guide for further details. If you have further queries on hibernate tools, you should post it on the tools forum

Thank you for the reply.

I'm using the class org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaExport

The method schemaExport.create(...); allows to create the DB schema, in other words, create the tables, constraints, keys, etc.

But it doesn't create the DB itself.

If the DB doesn't exist, it produces an exception.

Am I missing something?

I don't think it creates the DB itself. But I am not very sure. You should be able to get help on the tools forum. You will find hibernate tools experts in that forum.