spark-instrumented-optimizer/docs/sql-ref-syntax-ddl-create-database.md
Takeshi Yamamuro 179289f0bf [SPARK-31383][SQL][DOC] Clean up the SQL documents in docs/sql-ref*
### What changes were proposed in this pull request?

This PR intends to clean up the SQL documents in `doc/sql-ref*`.
Main changes are as follows;

 - Fixes wrong syntaxes and capitalize sub-titles
 - Adds some DDL queries in `Examples` so that users can run examples there
 - Makes query output in `Examples` follows the `Dataset.showString` (right-aligned) format
 - Adds/Removes spaces, Indents, or blank lines to follow the format below;

```
---
license...
---

### Description

Writes what's the syntax is.

### Syntax

{% highlight sql %}
SELECT...
    WHERE... // 4 indents after the second line
    ...
{% endhighlight %}

### Parameters

<dl>

  <dt><code><em>Param Name</em></code></dt>
  <dd>
    Param Description
  </dd>
  ...
</dl>

### Examples

{% highlight sql %}
-- It is better that users are able to execute example queries here.
-- So, we prepare test data in the first section if possible.
CREATE TABLE t (key STRING, value DOUBLE);
INSERT INTO t VALUES
    ('a', 1.0), ('a', 2.0), ('b', 3.0), ('c', 4.0);

-- query output has 2 indents and it follows the `Dataset.showString`
-- format (right-aligned).
SELECT * FROM t;
  +---+-----+
  |key|value|
  +---+-----+
  |  a|  1.0|
  |  a|  2.0|
  |  b|  3.0|
  |  c|  4.0|
  +---+-----+

-- Query statements after the second line have 4 indents.
SELECT key, SUM(value)
    FROM t
    GROUP BY key;
  +---+----------+
  |key|sum(value)|
  +---+----------+
  |  c|       4.0|
  |  b|       3.0|
  |  a|       3.0|
  +---+----------+
...
{% endhighlight %}

### Related Statements

 * [XXX](xxx.html)
 * ...
```

### Why are the changes needed?

The most changes of this PR are pretty minor, but I think the consistent formats/rules to write documents are important for long-term maintenance in our community

### Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?

Yes.

### How was this patch tested?

Manually checked.

Closes #28151 from maropu/MakeRightAligned.

Authored-by: Takeshi Yamamuro <yamamuro@apache.org>
Signed-off-by: Sean Owen <srowen@gmail.com>
2020-04-12 23:40:36 -05:00

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Description

Creates a database with the specified name. If database with the same name already exists, an exception will be thrown.

Syntax

{% highlight sql %} CREATE { DATABASE | SCHEMA } [ IF NOT EXISTS ] database_name [ COMMENT database_comment ] [ LOCATION database_directory ] [ WITH DBPROPERTIES ( property_name = property_value [ , ... ] ) ] {% endhighlight %}

Parameters

database_name
Specifies the name of the database to be created.
<dt><code><em>IF NOT EXISTS</em></code></dt>
<dd>Creates a database with the given name if it doesn't exists. If a database with the same name already exists, nothing will happen.</dd>

<dt><code><em>database_directory</em></code></dt>
<dd>Path of the file system in which the specified database is to be created. If the specified path does not exist in the underlying file system, this command creates a directory with the path. If the location is not specified, the database will be created in the default warehouse directory, whose path is configured by the static configuration spark.sql.warehouse.dir.</dd>

<dt><code><em>database_comment</em></code></dt>
<dd>Specifies the description for the database.</dd>

<dt><code><em>WITH DBPROPERTIES ( property_name=property_value [ , ... ] )</em></code></dt>
<dd>Specifies the properties for the database in key-value pairs.</dd>

Examples

{% highlight sql %} -- Create database customer_db. This throws exception if database with name customer_db -- already exists. CREATE DATABASE customer_db;

-- Create database customer_db only if database with same name doesn't exist. CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS customer_db;

-- Create database customer_db only if database with same name doesn't exist with -- Comments,Specific Location and Database properties. CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS customer_db COMMENT 'This is customer database' LOCATION '/user' WITH DBPROPERTIES (ID=001, Name='John');

-- Verify that properties are set. DESCRIBE DATABASE EXTENDED customer_db; +-------------------------+--------------------------+ |database_description_item|database_description_value| +-------------------------+--------------------------+ | Database Name| customer_db| | Description| This is customer database| | Location| hdfs://hacluster/user| | Properties| ((ID,001), (Name,John))| +-------------------------+--------------------------+ {% endhighlight %}