SHOW DATABASES

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The SHOW DATABASES statement lists all databases in the CockroachDB cluster.

Synopsis

Required privileges

No privileges are required to list the databases in the CockroachDB cluster.

Example

> SHOW DATABASES;

+---------------+
| database_name |
+---------------+
| defaultdb     |
| postgres      |
| system        |
+---------------+
(3 rows)

Default databases

New clusters and existing clusters upgraded to v2.1 or later will include three auto-generated databases, with the following purposes:

• The empty defaultdb database is used if a client does not specify a database in the connection parameters.

• An empty database called postgres is provided for compatibility with Postgres client applications that require it.

• The system database contains CockroachDB metadata and is read-only.

The postgres and defaultdb databases can be deleted if they are not needed.

See also

• SHOW SCHEMAS
• Information Schema
• Other SQL Statements

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