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Clarify and standardize naming of 'schema' vs 'database' #318

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@Benjaminhu

The term "schema" appears in several places in the code, but in MySQL, schema is synonymous with database:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/glossary.html#glos_schema

In MySQL, physically, a schema is synonymous with a database.

However, in other database systems like Oracle or PostgreSQL, schemas refer to groups of tables within a database.
As a result, variables like "schemas" actually contain databases, which can be misleading and confusing in a broader context.

I'm happy to help clean up the naming if the change can be included in a released version.

Thank you.

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