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PolarDB:DescribeDBInitializeVariable

Last Updated:Dec 12, 2025

Queries the supported character sets, collations, and other properties of a PolarDB database.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

polardb:DescribeDBInitializeVariable

get

*dbcluster

acs:polardb:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:dbcluster/{#dbclusterId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

DBClusterId

string

Yes

The cluster ID.

Note

Call the DescribeDBClusters operation to view information about all clusters in the destination region, including cluster IDs.

pc-****************

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Variables

object

Variable

array<object>

The result set.

object

Charset

string

The supported character set.

EUC_CN

Collate

string

The locale setting that specifies the collation for a new database.

Note
  • The locale must be compatible with the character set specified by the CharacterSetName parameter.

  • This parameter is required when the cluster is a PolarDB for PostgreSQL (Oracle Compatible) or PolarDB for PostgreSQL cluster.

To view the valid values for this parameter, log on to the PolarDB console, go to the Configuration and Management > Database Management tab, and click Create Database.

C

Ctype

string

The locale setting that specifies the character classification for the database.

Note
  • The locale must be compatible with the character set specified by the CharacterSetName parameter.

  • The value must be the same as the value of the Collate parameter.

  • This parameter is required when the cluster is a PolarDB for PostgreSQL (Oracle Compatible) or PolarDB for PostgreSQL cluster. This parameter is not supported for PolarDB for MySQL clusters.

To view the valid values for this parameter, log on to the PolarDB console, go to the Configuration and Management > Database Management tab, and click Create Database.

C

DBVersion

string

The database version.

11

RequestId

string

The request ID.

475F58B7-F394-4394-AA6E-4F1CBA******

DBType

string

The database type. Valid values:

  • Oracle

  • PostgreSQL

  • MySQL

PostgreSQL

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "Variables": {
    "Variable": [
      {
        "Charset": "EUC_CN",
        "Collate": "C",
        "Ctype": "C"
      }
    ]
  },
  "DBVersion": "11",
  "RequestId": "475F58B7-F394-4394-AA6E-4F1CBA******",
  "DBType": "PostgreSQL"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 InvalidDBType.Malformed The Specified DBType is not valid. The specified database type is invalid.
404 InvalidDBClusterId.NotFound The DBClusterId provided does not exist in our records. The specified DBClusterId parameter does not exist in the current record.
404 InvalidDBClusterId.Malformed The specified parameter DBClusterId is not valid. The specified DBClusterId parameter is invalid.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.