ClickHouse/docs/en/operations/system-tables/databases.md

system.databases

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

Columns:

• name (String) — Database name.
• engine (String) — Database engine.
• data_path (String) — Data path.
• metadata_path (String) — Metadata path.
• uuid (UUID) — Database UUID.
• comment (String) — Database comment.

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

Example

Create a database.

CREATE DATABASE test;

Check all of the available databases to the user.

SELECT * FROM system.databases;

┌─name───────────────┬─engine─┬─data_path──────────────────┬─metadata_path───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─uuid─────────────────────────────────┬─comment─┐
│ INFORMATION_SCHEMA │ Memory │ /var/lib/clickhouse/       │                                                                     │ 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 │         │
│ default            │ Atomic │ /var/lib/clickhouse/store/ │ /var/lib/clickhouse/store/d31/d317b4bd-3595-4386-81ee-c2334694128a/ │ 24363899-31d7-42a0-a436-389931d752a0 │         │
│ information_schema │ Memory │ /var/lib/clickhouse/       │                                                                     │ 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 │         │
│ system             │ Atomic │ /var/lib/clickhouse/store/ │ /var/lib/clickhouse/store/1d1/1d1c869d-e465-4b1b-a51f-be033436ebf9/ │ 03e9f3d1-cc88-4a49-83e9-f3d1cc881a49 │         │
└────────────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┴─────────┘