/create/schema

URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/create/schema

Creates a SQL-style schema. Schemas are containers for tables and views. Multiple tables and views can be defined with the same name in different schemas.

Input Parameter Description

Name Type Description
schema_name string Name of the schema to be created. Has the same naming restrictions as tables.
options map of string to strings

Optional parameters. The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

Supported Parameters (keys) Parameter Description
no_error_if_exists

If true, prevents an error from occurring if the schema already exists. The default value is false. The supported values are:

  • true
  • false

Output Parameter Description

The GPUdb server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:

Name Type Description
status String 'OK' or 'ERROR'
message String Empty if success or an error message
data_type String 'create_schema_response' or 'none' in case of an error
data String Empty string
data_str JSON or String

This embedded JSON represents the result of the /create/schema endpoint:

Name Type Description
schema_name string Value of input parameter schema_name.
info map of string to strings Additional information.

Empty string in case of an error.