From 03a6f28d55db4ee3eec651eb09ce3b856cf4eb88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gunnaraasen <gunnar.r.aasen@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:55:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Use 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS' syntax

closes #376
---
 outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go b/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
index 983fcc6ee987c..7d3f95d1e5d2e 100644
--- a/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ func (i *InfluxDB) Connect() error {
 
 			// Create Database if it doesn't exist
 			_, e := c.Query(client.Query{
-				Command: fmt.Sprintf("CREATE DATABASE %s", i.Database),
+				Command: fmt.Sprintf("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS %s", i.Database),
 			})
 
-			if e != nil && !strings.Contains(e.Error(), "database already exists") {
+			if e != nil {
 				log.Println("Database creation failed: " + e.Error())
 			}