MySql Connection Failed - Runtime error

[SharkBait]

Hello,

I am curious as how to I check wether or not my connection to my MySql database works.

When I can connect to the database via my connection script etc, all works great. But if the server that the database is down, my program then gets a runtime error and crashes. How can I check this so that if the server is down, I can exit the routine it is in so that it does not crash.

 

[michael_hk]

Use try {} catch {}