-- CREATE (DATABASE|SCHEMA) [IF NOT EXISTS] database_name[COMMENT 'database_comment'] [LOCATION hdfs_path]; CREATE DATABASE my_db; CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS my_db1; CREATE DATABASE my_db COMMENT 'my first db'; CREATE DATABASE my_db LOCATION '/path/to/partition'; CREATE DATABASE my_db COMMENT 'my first db' LOCATION '/path/to/partition'; CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS my_db COMMENT 'my first db' LOCATION '/path/to/partition'; CREATE SCHEMA my_schema; CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS my_schema1; CREATE SCHEMA my_schema COMMENT 'my first schema'; CREATE SCHEMA my_schema LOCATION '/path/to/partition'; CREATE SCHEMA my_schema COMMENT 'my first schema' LOCATION '/path/to/partition'; CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS my_schema COMMENT 'my first schema' LOCATION '/path/to/partition'; -- example create database first_db;