---
title: "updateDatabase"
slug: "analytics-datacatalog-database-updatedatabase"
updated: 2026-09-17T09:47:59Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:47:59Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/analytics-datacatalog-database-updatedatabase"
---

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# updateDatabase

Available in VPC

Edit database information.

              Note

              

Use [updateDatabaseTag](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog-database-updatedatabasetag) to edit tags.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| PUT | /api/v1/catalogs/{catalogId}/databases/{databaseName} |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Data Catalog APIs, see [Data Catalog request headers](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `catalogId` | Integer | Required | Catalog ID - See [getCatalogs](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog-catalog-getcatalogs). |
| `databaseName` | String | Required | Database name - See [getDatabase](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog-database-getdatabase). |

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `location` | String | Optional | Database location (path) |
| `description` | String | Optional | Database description - Up to 1000 characters |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request PUT 'https://datacatalog.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/catalogs/4**/databases/mydatabase' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "location": "s3a://mybucket/mydatabase",
    "description": "updated description"
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `catalogId` | Integer | - | Catalog ID |
| `name` | String | - | Database name |
| `databaseName` | String | - | Database name |
| `description` | String | - | Database description - Displayed if a value exists |
| `location` | String | - | Database location (path) |
| `createTime` | String | - | Database creation date and time - ISO 8601 format |
| `updateTime` | String | - | Database modification date and time - ISO 8601 format |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Data Catalog APIs, see [Data Catalog response status codes](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "catalogId": 4**,
    "name": "mydatabase",
    "databaseName": "mydatabase",
    "description": "updated description",
    "location": "s3a://mybucket/mydatabase",
    "createTime": "2026-06-25T14:44:55+0900",
    "updateTime": "2026-06-25T15:10:21+0900"
}
```