Create a database - Amazon Athena

Create a database

After you have set up a query results location, creating a database in the Athena console query editor is straightforward.

To create a database using the Athena query editor

  1. Open the Athena console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/athena/.

  2. On the Editor tab, in the query editor, enter the Hive data definition language (DDL) command CREATE DATABASE myDataBase. Replace myDatabase with the name that you want to use. For restrictions on database names, see Name databases, tables, and columns.

  3. Choose Run or press Ctrl+ENTER.

  4. To make your database the current database, select it from the Database menu on the left of the query editor.

For information about controlling permissions to Athena databases, see Configure access to databases and tables in the AWS Glue Data Catalog.