Programatically detecting if Oracel DB is running

[Agador Paloi]

Hi fellow ranchers -

I am currently developing a swing app that uses Oracle XE database.
I need to be able to detect if the database is running and to start it up within the application if needed . Anyone done this?

Thanks,
Agad

[Mark Spritzler]

Well, you could create a Connection, if you get an Exception, you know the database is most likely down, or that it can't take anyjmore clients.

Mark