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> System table containing a list of database engines supported by the server.

# system.database_engines

<h2 id="description">
  Description
</h2>

Contains the list of database engines supported by the server.

<h2 id="columns">
  Columns
</h2>

* `name` ([String](/reference/data-types/index)) — The name of database engine.
* `description` ([String](/reference/data-types/index)) — A high-level description of what the database engine does.
* `syntax` ([String](/reference/data-types/index)) — How the database engine is specified in the ENGINE clause of a CREATE DATABASE query.
* `examples` ([String](/reference/data-types/index)) — Usage examples.
* `introduced_in` ([String](/reference/data-types/index)) — The ClickHouse version in which the database engine was first introduced, in the form major.minor.
* `related` ([Array(String)](/reference/data-types/index)) — The names of related database engines.

<h2 id="example">
  Example
</h2>

```sql title="Query" theme={null}
SELECT name
FROM system.database_engines
WHERE name IN ('Atomic', 'Ordinary')
ORDER BY name
```

```text title="Response" theme={null}
┌─name─────┐
│ Atomic   │
│ Ordinary │
└──────────┘
```