system.databases

Contains information about the databases that are available to the current user.

Columns:

The name column from this system table is used for implementing the SHOW DATABASES query.

Example

Create a database.

  1. CREATE DATABASE test

Check all of the available databases to the user.

  1. SELECT * FROM system.databases
  1. ┌─name───────────────────────────┬─engine─┬─data_path──────────────────┬─metadata_path───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────uuid─┐
  2. │ _temporary_and_external_tables │ Memory │ /var/lib/clickhouse/       │                                                                     │ 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 │
  3. │ default                        │ Atomic │ /var/lib/clickhouse/store/ │ /var/lib/clickhouse/store/d31/d317b4bd-3595-4386-81ee-c2334694128a/ │ d317b4bd-3595-4386-81ee-c2334694128a │
  4. │ test                           │ Atomic │ /var/lib/clickhouse/store/ │ /var/lib/clickhouse/store/39b/39bf0cc5-4c06-4717-87fe-c75ff3bd8ebb/ │ 39bf0cc5-4c06-4717-87fe-c75ff3bd8ebb │
  5. │ system                         │ Atomic │ /var/lib/clickhouse/store/ │ /var/lib/clickhouse/store/1d1/1d1c869d-e465-4b1b-a51f-be033436ebf9/ │ 1d1c869d-e465-4b1b-a51f-be033436ebf9 │
  6. └────────────────────────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘