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**To return information about a database in a data catalog**
The following ``get-database`` example returns information about the ``sampledb`` database in the ``AwsDataCatalog`` data catalog. ::
aws athena get-database \
--catalog-name AwsDataCatalog \
--database-name sampledb
Output::
{
"Database": {
"Name": "sampledb",
"Description": "Sample database",
"Parameters": {
"CreatedBy": "Athena",
"EXTERNAL": "TRUE"
}
}
}
For more information, see `Showing Database Details: get-database <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/datastores-hive-cli.html#datastores-hive-cli-showing-details-of-a-database>`__ in the *Amazon Athena User Guide*.