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# AWS::Glue::Database
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The `AWS::Glue::Database` resource specifies a logical grouping of tables in AWS Glue. For more information, see [Defining a Database in Your Data Catalog](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/define-database.html) and [Database Structure](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-databases.html#aws-glue-api-catalog-databases-Database) in the *AWS Glue Developer Guide*.

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

### JSON
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```
{
  "Type" : "AWS::Glue::Database",
  "Properties" : {
      "[CatalogId](#cfn-glue-database-catalogid)" : String,
      "[DatabaseInput](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput)" : DatabaseInput,
      "[DatabaseName](#cfn-glue-database-databasename)" : String
    }
}
```

### YAML
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```
Type: AWS::Glue::Database
Properties:
  [CatalogId](#cfn-glue-database-catalogid): String
  [DatabaseInput](#cfn-glue-database-databaseinput): 
    DatabaseInput
  [DatabaseName](#cfn-glue-database-databasename): String
```

## Properties
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`CatalogId`  <a name="cfn-glue-database-catalogid"></a>
The AWS account ID for the account in which to create the catalog object.  
 To specify the account ID, you can use the `Ref` intrinsic function with the `AWS::AccountId` pseudo parameter. For example: `!Ref AWS::AccountId`
*Required*: Yes  
*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)

`DatabaseInput`  <a name="cfn-glue-database-databaseinput"></a>
The metadata for the database.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: [DatabaseInput](aws-properties-glue-database-databaseinput.md)  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`DatabaseName`  <a name="cfn-glue-database-databasename"></a>
The name of the catalog database.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `255`  
*Update requires*: [Replacement](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-replacement)

## Return values
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### Ref
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When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic `Ref` function, `Ref` returns the database name.

For more information about using the `Ref` function, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/intrinsic-function-reference-ref.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/intrinsic-function-reference-ref.html).