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Modifying the Description of a Database

Function

This API is used to modify the description of a database. Before calling this API:

URI

PUT /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/databases/comment

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID of a tenant in a region.

To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

instance_id

Yes

String

Instance ID, which is compliant with the UUID format.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition:

User token. To obtain this value, call the IAM API for obtaining a user token.

The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the token value.

Constraints:

N/A

Range:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

X-Language

No

String

Definition:

Request language type.

Constraints:

N/A

Range:

  • en-us

  • zh-cn

Default value:

en-us
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

databases

Yes

Array of Table 4 objects

List of databases that you want to modify the description for. The list contains up to 50 databases.
Table 4 UpdateDatabaseComment

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Database name.

comment

Yes

String

Database description. The value can consist of up to 512 characters. It cannot contain carriage returns or any of the following special characters: !<"='>&

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

ID of the task for modifying the description of a database.

Status code: 400

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 500

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Example Request

Modifying the description of a database

PUT https://{endpoint}/v3/054e292c9880d4992f02c0196d3ea468/instances/a23fb62bd61e4e9e9636fd2225f395bein07/databases/comment 
 
{ 
  "databases" : [ { 
    "name" : "gaussdb_mysql_user1", 
    "comment" : "first_database" 
  } ] 
}

Example Response

Status code: 202

Success.

{ 
  "job_id" : "dff1d289-4d03-4942-8b9f-463ea07c000d" 
}

Status Code

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: Database Management