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Method: hive.v1beta.projects.catalogs.databases.patch
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Updates an existing database specified by the database name.
HTTP request
PATCH https://biglake.googleapis.com/hive/v1beta/{hiveDatabase.name=projects/*/catalogs/*/databases/*}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
hiveDatabase.name |
string
Identifier. The resource name. Format: projects/{project_id_or_number}/catalogs/{catalogId}/databases/{databaseId}
|
Query parameters
| Parameters |
updateMask |
string (FieldMask format)
Optional. The list of fields to update. This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example: "user.displayName,photo".
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of HiveDatabase.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of HiveDatabase.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigqueryhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview.
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Last updated 2026-05-28 UTC.
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