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SHOW CREATE DATABASE

Description​

This statement checks the creation of the doris database, support database from both internal catalog and hms catalog

grammar:

SHOW CREATE DATABASE db_name;

illustrate:

  • db_name: The name of the database
  • if specific a database from hms catalog, will return same with this stmt in hive

Example​

  1. View the creation of the test database in doris internal catalog

    mysql> SHOW CREATE DATABASE test;
    +----------+----------------------------+
    | Database | Create Database |
    +----------+----------------------------+
    | test | CREATE DATABASE `test` |
    +----------+----------------------------+
    1 row in set (0.00 sec)
  2. view a database named hdfs_text from a hms catalog

    mysql> show create database hdfs_text;                                                                                     
    +-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    | Database | Create Database |
    +-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    | hdfs_text | CREATE DATABASE `hdfs_text` LOCATION 'hdfs://HDFS1009138/hive/warehouse/hdfs_text' |
    +-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    1 row in set (0.01 sec)

Keywords​

 SHOW, CREATE, DATABASE

Best Practice​