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/create/schema

URL: https://<aws.fqdn>/<aws.cluster.name>/gpudb-0/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.