对于那些使用php与mysqli然后这是我的解决方案。我知道答案已经回答了，但我认为这将是有帮助的答案作为一个mysqli准备的声明。

$db = new mysqli('localhost',username,password);
$database="somedatabase";
$query="SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME=?";
$stmt = $db->prepare($query);
$stmt->bind_param('s',$database);
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->bind_result($data);
if($stmt->fetch())
{
    echo "Database exists.";
}
else
{
    echo"Database does not exist!!!";
}
$stmt->close();

当您没有足够权限查看数据库时，使用INFORMATION_SCHEMA或show数据库是不可靠的。当您无法访问数据库时，它似乎不存在。创建之后就会失败。另一种更精确的检查方法是使用use命令的输出，尽管我不知道这种方法有多可靠(文本输出在未来版本/其他语言中会有变化……)，所以请注意。

CHECK=$(mysql -sNe "use DB_NAME" 2>&1)
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  # database exists and is accessible
elif [ ! -z "$(echo $CHECK | grep 'Unknown database')" ]; then
  # database does not exist
elif [ ! -z "$(echo $CHECK | grep 'Access denied')" ]; then
  # cannot tell if database exists (not enough permissions)"
else
  # unexpected output
fi

下面是一个bash函数，用于检查数据库是否存在:

function does_db_exist {
  local db="${1}"

  local output=$(mysql -s -N -e "SELECT schema_name FROM information_schema.schemata WHERE schema_name = '${db}'" information_schema)
  if [[ -z "${output}" ]]; then
    return 1 # does not exist
  else
    return 0 # exists
  fi
}           

另一种选择是尝试使用数据库。注意，这也检查权限:

if mysql "${db}" >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
then
  echo "${db} exists (and I have permission to access it)"
else
  echo "${db} does not exist (or I do not have permission to access it)"
fi

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = 'DbName'

1 -存在，0 -不存在

我只是使用以下查询:

"USE 'DBname'"

然后检查结果是否为FALSE。 否则，可能会出现拒绝访问错误，但我不能知道这一点。 因此，在涉及特权的情况下，可以使用:

"SHOW DATABASES LIKE 'DBname'"

如前所述。

Rails代码:

ruby-1.9.2-p290 :099 > ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("USE INFORMATION_SCHEMA")

ruby-1.9.2-p290 :099 > ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM         INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = 'entos_development'").to_a
SQL (0.2ms) SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME =               'entos_development'
=> [["entos_development"]] 
ruby-1.9.2-p290 :100 > ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM              INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = 'entos_development1'").to_a
SQL (0.3ms) SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME =            'entos_development1'
=> []

=> entos_development存在，entos_development1不存在