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# AWS::Glue::Database DatabaseInput
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The structure used to create or update a database.

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "[CreateTableDefaultPermissions](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-createtabledefaultpermissions)" : {{[ PrincipalPrivileges, ... ]}},
  "[Description](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-description)" : {{String}},
  "[FederatedDatabase](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-federateddatabase)" : {{FederatedDatabase}},
  "[LocationUri](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-locationuri)" : {{String}},
  "[Name](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-name)" : {{String}},
  "[Parameters](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-parameters)" : {{Json}},
  "[TargetDatabase](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-targetdatabase)" : {{DatabaseIdentifier}}
}
```

### YAML
<a name="aws-properties-glue-database-databaseinput-syntax.yaml"></a>

```
  [CreateTableDefaultPermissions](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-createtabledefaultpermissions): {{
    - PrincipalPrivileges}}
  [Description](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-description): {{String}}
  [FederatedDatabase](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-federateddatabase): {{
    FederatedDatabase}}
  [LocationUri](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-locationuri): {{String}}
  [Name](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-name): {{String}}
  [Parameters](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-parameters): {{Json}}
  [TargetDatabase](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-targetdatabase): {{
    DatabaseIdentifier}}
```

## Properties
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`CreateTableDefaultPermissions`  <a name="cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-createtabledefaultpermissions"></a>
Creates a set of default permissions on the table for principals. Used by AWS Lake Formation. Not used in the normal course of AWS Glue operations.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: Array of [PrincipalPrivileges](aws-properties-glue-database-principalprivileges.md)  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`Description`  <a name="cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-description"></a>
A description of the database.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*`  
*Minimum*: `0`  
*Maximum*: `2048`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`FederatedDatabase`  <a name="cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-federateddatabase"></a>
A `FederatedDatabase` structure that references an entity outside the AWS Glue Data Catalog.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: [FederatedDatabase](aws-properties-glue-database-federateddatabase.md)  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`LocationUri`  <a name="cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-locationuri"></a>
The location of the database (for example, an HDFS path).   
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `1024`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`Name`  <a name="cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-name"></a>
The name of the database. For Hive compatibility, this is folded to lowercase when it is stored.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `255`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`Parameters`  <a name="cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-parameters"></a>
These key-value pairs define parameters and properties of the database.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: Json  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`TargetDatabase`  <a name="cfn-glue-database-databaseinput-targetdatabase"></a>
A `DatabaseIdentifier` structure that describes a target database for resource linking.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: [DatabaseIdentifier](aws-properties-glue-database-databaseidentifier.md)  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)