--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/DatabaseConnection.java	Thu Dec 26 01:05:24 2013 +0100
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/DatabaseConnection.java	Thu Dec 26 01:24:21 2013 +0100
@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Tests if this connection is live.
+	 *
+	 * @return true if test was successful
+	 * @throws SQLException if test fails
+	 */
+	public boolean test() throws SQLException {
+		connection.getAutoCommit();
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void close() throws SQLException {
 		connection.close();

--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/InfoLister.java	Thu Dec 26 01:05:24 2013 +0100
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/InfoLister.java	Thu Dec 26 01:24:21 2013 +0100
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@
  */
 package info.globalcode.sql.dk;
 
+import info.globalcode.sql.dk.configuration.ConfigurationException;
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.configuration.ConfigurationProvider;
+import info.globalcode.sql.dk.configuration.DatabaseDefinition;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -67,7 +70,22 @@
 					println("TODO: list databases");
 					break;
 				case CONNECTION:
-					println("TODO: test database connection: " + options.getDatabaseNameToTest());
+					boolean connectionTestResult = false;
+					String dbName = options.getDatabaseNameToTest();
+					log.log(Level.FINE, "Testing connection to database: {0}", dbName);
+					try {
+						DatabaseDefinition dd = configurationProvider.getConfiguration().getDatabase(dbName);
+						if (dd == null) {
+							log.log(Level.SEVERE, "No database with this name is configured: {0}", dbName);
+						} else {
+							log.log(Level.FINE, "Database definition was loaded from configuration");
+							DatabaseConnection dc = dd.connect();
+							connectionTestResult = dc.test();
+						}
+					} catch (ConfigurationException | SQLException e) {
+						log.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error during testing connection", e);
+					}
+					log.log(Level.INFO, "Connection test result: {0}", connectionTestResult ? "success" : "failure");
 					break;
 				default:
 					throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported INFO_TYPE: " + infoType);