{"record":{"id":"2e211223df6f5d0f","repo":"hibernate/hibernate-orm","slug":"mysql-does-not-support-dropping-creating-dropping-2e2112","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"MySQL does not support dropping creating/dropping schemas in the JDBC sense","messagePattern":"MySQL does not support dropping creating/dropping schemas in the JDBC sense","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"UnsupportedOperationException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java","lineNumber":1094,"sourceCode":"\t/**\n\t * MySQL does support the {@code create schema} command, but\n\t * it's a synonym for {@code create database}. Hibernate has\n\t * always treated a MySQL database as a\n\t * {@linkplain #canCreateCatalog catalog}, which is consistent\n\t * with how the JDBC driver itself views the situation, since\n\t * {@link DatabaseMetaData#supportsSchemasInDataManipulation()}\n\t * returns {@code false} on MySQL.\n\t *\n\t * @return {@code false}\n\t */\n\t@Override\n\tpublic boolean canCreateSchema() {\n\t\treturn false;\n\t}\n\n\t@Override\n\tpublic String[] getCreateSchemaCommand(String schemaName) {\n\t\tthrow new UnsupportedOperationException( \"MySQL does not support dropping creating/dropping schemas in the JDBC sense\" );\n\t}\n\n\t@Override\n\tpublic String[] getDropSchemaCommand(String schemaName) {\n\t\tthrow new UnsupportedOperationException( \"MySQL does not support dropping creating/dropping schemas in the JDBC sense\" );\n\t}\n\n\t@Override\n\tpublic boolean supportsIfExistsBeforeTableName() {\n\t\treturn true;\n\t}\n\n\t@Override\n\tpublic String getSelectGUIDString() {\n\t\treturn \"select uuid()\";\n\t}\n\n\t@Override","sourceCodeStart":1076,"sourceCodeEnd":1112,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java#L1076-L1112","documentation":"Error \"MySQL does not support dropping creating/dropping schemas in the JDBC sense\" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.","triggerScenarios":"Triggered when the application calls a Hibernate dialect feature that the configured database dialect cannot provide: MySQL does not support dropping creating/dropping schemas in the JDBC sense.","commonSituations":"Common when running against a database whose dialect lacks this capability, when a mapping or HQL/Criteria query requests unsupported functionality, or when the wrong dialect is configured for the database in use. Error: MySQL does not support dropping creating/dropping schemas in the JDBC sense.","solutions":["Use catalog-based schema management for MySQL.","Create/drop databases manually with native DDL."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-22T04:13:57.527Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-22T09:17:25.309Z"}