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AWS glue documentation change

Service: glue · 2025-06-28 · Documentation low

File: glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-databases.md

Summary

Added ConnectionType documentation with string constraints and examples of supported connection protocols

Security assessment

The change clarifies technical specifications for database connections but contains no references to authentication, encryption, access controls, or security vulnerabilities. Listing supported protocols is part of normal API documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-databases.md b/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-databases.md
index ecb7fd4ad..ab39e8e2a 100644
--- a//glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-databases.md
+++ b//glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-databases.md
@@ -184,0 +185,4 @@ The name of the connection to the external metastore.
+  * `ConnectionType` – UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the [Single-line string pattern](./aws-glue-api-common.html#aws-glue-api-regex-oneLine).
+
+The type of connection used to access the federated database, such as JDBC, ODBC, or other supported connection protocols.
+