> I'm just wondering if there is a way to create a new database using
> JDBC . For certain databases, such as Cloudscape, there is a special
> syntax for the JDBC connection URL that tells Cloudscape to create a
> new database. Is there a similar function in the Jaybird driver ? Any
> examples ?

No, there is no such syntax in JayBird. It has class
org.firebirdsql.management.FBManager that is JMX-compliant component
and can create databases (you can also use it as normal class to
create databases).

Best regards,
Roman Rokytskyy