Java: catching specific Exceptions

Question

say I have the following

try{
//something
}catch(Exception generic){
//catch all
}catch(SpecificException se){
//catch specific exception only
}

Answer 1

My proposition - catch SQLException and check code.

try {
    getConnectionSYS(dbConfigFile, properties);
} catch (SQLException e){
    if (e.getErrorCode()==1017){
        getConnectionUSER(dbConfigFile, properties);
    } else {
        throw e;
    }
}