Check if a Database exists or not

Question

I am attempting to set up a method to check if a database exists, and return true/false.

Is it possible to do this with MySQL? Or would it be better off using a method in c#?

What I have so far:

public bool TestDbConnection()
{
    try
    {
        mySqlConnect = new MySqlConnection(mySqlConnectionString);
        mySqlConnect.Open();

        // Check if <database_name> exists

        if (<database_name>.Exists)
        {
            return true;
        }
        else { return false; }   
    }
    catch (MySQLException e) { }

    if (mySqlConnect != null)
    {
        mySqlConnect.Close();
    }
}