# File lib/clouddb/instance.rb, line 74
    def create_databases(databases)
      (raise CloudDB::Exception::Syntax, "Must provide at least one database in the array") if (!databases.is_a?(Array) || databases.size < 1)

      body = Hash.new
      body[:databases] = Array.new

      for database in databases
        new_database = Hash.new
        new_database[:name]          = database[:name] or raise CloudDB::Exception::MissingArgument, "Must provide a name for each database"
        new_database[:character_set] = database[:character_set] || 'utf8'
        new_database[:collate]       = database[:collate] || 'utf8_general_ci'
        (raise CloudDB::Exception::Syntax, "Database names must be 64 characters or less") if database[:name].size > 64

        body[:databases] << new_database
      end

      response = @connection.dbreq("POST", @dbmgmthost, "#{@dbmgmtpath}/instances/#{CloudDB.escape(@id.to_s)}/databases", @dbmgmtport, @dbmgmtscheme, {}, body.to_json)
      CloudDB::Exception.raise_exception(response) unless response.code.to_s.match(/^20.$/)
      true
    end