Verify connection against provided db

Author: FlorentinD

changelog.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 - Fix reporting error based on http responses from the Aura-API with an invalid JSON body. Earlier the client would report JSONDecodeError instead of showing the actual issue.
 - Fixed a bug where retryable queries wouldnt work with bookmarks.
+- Fixed a bug where `GdsSession.get_or_create` could not verify the connection to the database if the `neo4j` database would not present.
 
 ## Improvements
 

graphdatascience/query_runner/neo4j_query_runner.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def create_for_db(
             if aura_ds:
                 Neo4jQueryRunner._configure_aura(config)
 
-            driver = neo4j.GraphDatabase.driver(endpoint, auth=auth, **config)
+            driver = neo4j.GraphDatabase.driver(endpoint, auth=auth, database=database, **config)
 
             query_runner = Neo4jQueryRunner(
                 driver,