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Data Management:UpdateDataLakeDatabase

Last Updated:Jan 13, 2026

Updates the information about a database in a data lakehouse.

Debugging

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Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

  • Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
  • Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
  • Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
    • For mandatory resource types, indicate with a prefix of * .
    • If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
  • Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
  • Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.
OperationAccess levelResource typeCondition keyAssociated operation
dms:UpdateDataLakeDatabaseupdate
*All Resources
*
    none
none

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
CatalogNamestringYes

The catalog name.

hive
DbNamestringYes

The name of the database that you want to query.

default
DescriptionstringNo

The description of the database.

test
LocationstringYes

The storage path of the database. Supports the OSS, S3, and S3A protocols.

oss://path/to/database
ParametersobjectNo

The key-value pairs of the database attributes.

stringNo

The parameter key and value.

{"key":"value"}
DataRegionstringYes

The region where the data lake resides.

cn-hangzhou
TidlongNo

The ID of the tenant.

Note To view the ID of the tenant, go to the Data Management (DMS) console and move the pointer over the profile picture in the upper-right corner. For more information, see the View information about the current tenant section of the "Manage DMS tenants" topic.
3***
WorkspaceIdlongNo

The workspace ID.

12****

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object

Schema of Response

RequestIdstring

The request ID. You can use the request ID to locate logs and troubleshoot issues.

4E1D2B4D-3E53-4ABC-999D-1D2520B3471A
ErrorCodestring

The error code returned if the request failed.

UnknownError
ErrorMessagestring

The error message returned if the request failed.

UnknownError
Successboolean

Indicates whether the request was successful. Valid values:

  • true: The request succeeded.
  • false: The request failed.
true
DatabaseDLDatabase

The database details.

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "4E1D2B4D-3E53-4ABC-999D-1D2520B3471A",
  "ErrorCode": "UnknownError",
  "ErrorMessage": "UnknownError",
  "Success": true,
  "Database": {
    "Description": "Default database for catalog hive",
    "Parameters": {
      "test": "test",
      "test2": 1
    },
    "DbId": 19,
    "CatalogName": "hive",
    "Name": "default",
    "Location": "oss://xxx"
  }
}

Error codes

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.