src/docs/user/list-databases.txt

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+sqoop-list-databases+
----------------------

Purpose
~~~~~~~

List database schemas present on a server.

Syntax
~~~~~~

----
$ sqoop list-databases (generic-args) (list-databases-args)
$ sqoop-list-databases (generic-args) (list-databases-args)
----

Although the Hadoop generic arguments must preceed any list-databases
arguments, the list-databases arguments can be entered in any order
with respect to one another.

include::common-args.txt[]

Example Invocations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

List database schemas available on a MySQL server:

----
$ sqoop list-databases --connect jdbc:mysql://database.example.com/
information_schema
employees
----

NOTE: This only works with HSQLDB, MySQL and Oracle. When using with Oracle,
it is necessary that the user connecting to the database has DBA privileges.