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Version: 3.2

SHOW CREATE CATALOG

Description

Queries the creation statement of an external catalog, such as a Hive, Iceberg, Hudi, Delta Lake, or JDBC catalog. See Hive Catalog, Iceberg Catalog, Hudi Catalog, Delta Lake Catalog, and JDBC catalog. Note that authentication-related information in the return result will be anonymized.

This command is supported from v3.0 onwards.

Syntax

SHOW CREATE CATALOG <catalog_name>;

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
catalog_nameYesThe name of the catalog whose creation statement you want to view.

Return result

+------------+-----------------+
| Catalog | Create Catalog |
+------------+-----------------+
FieldDescription
CatalogThe name of the catalog.
Create CatalogThe statement that was executed to create the catalog.

Examples

The following example queries the creation statement of a Hive catalog named hive_catalog_hms:

SHOW CREATE CATALOG hive_catalog_hms;

The return result is as follows:

CREATE EXTERNAL CATALOG `hive_catalog_hms`
PROPERTIES ("aws.s3.access_key" = "AK******M4",
"hive.metastore.type" = "glue",
"aws.s3.secret_key" = "iV******iD",
"aws.glue.secret_key" = "iV******iD",
"aws.s3.use_instance_profile" = "false",
"aws.s3.region" = "us-west-1",
"aws.glue.region" = "us-west-1",
"type" = "hive",
"aws.glue.access_key" = "AK******M4"
)