---
title: "databaseAvailable"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/PSJ/15489121/databaseAvailable"
format: markdown
---
> Macro (aura-html)


|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Syntax** | databaseAvailable(dbstring [, sqlstring]) | **Package** | sql |
| **Alias** |  | **Pkg Usage** | available(dbstring [, sqlstring]) |

## Description

> Macro (excerpt)
> 
> Checks if the database is available.

Checks if the database is available. Optionally, it can check also the availability of the results for the SQL passed in as the second parameter.

## Parameters

| Parameter name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| dbstring | String | Yes | Datasource JNDI name or the datasource name. For Jira database, this is set to "jdbc/JiraDS" by default, if exported. |
| sqlstring | String | No | SQL string. |

## Return Type

**Boolean (true/false)**

## Examples

### Example 1

Let's suppose in our examples `TextField` is a custom field text already configured for the current Jira server instance and `TestDB` represents the database resource name configured in the server context. For more details see [SQL data sources](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSJ/pages/15481670).

```
TextField=databaseAvailable("TestDB"); //will set 'TextField' value to 'true'
```

### Example 2

```
TextField=databaseAvailable("TestDB", "select pname from project"); //will set 'TextField' value to 'true' if the SQL passed in can be executed
```

### Example 3

```
TextField=databaseAvailable("TestDB", "select pname from inexistentTableName");//will set 'TextField' value to 'false', because the SQL passed in cannot be executed
```

### Example 4

```
TextField=databaseAvailable("InexistentTestDB", "select pname from project");//will set 'TextField' value to 'false', because the database resource does not exist
```


> ⚠️ To configure the data source check the [SQL data sources](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSJ/pages/15481670) configuration chapter.


## See also

> Macro (contentbylabel)