name : get-database.rst **To return information about a database in a data catalog** The following ``get-database`` example returns information about the ``sampledb`` database in the ``AwsDataCatalog`` data catalog. :: aws athena get-database \ --catalog-name AwsDataCatalog \ --database-name sampledb Output:: { "Database": { "Name": "sampledb", "Description": "Sample database", "Parameters": { "CreatedBy": "Athena", "EXTERNAL": "TRUE" } } } For more information, see `Showing Database Details: get-database <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/datastores-hive-cli.html#datastores-hive-cli-showing-details-of-a-database>`__ in the *Amazon Athena User Guide*.