Showing posts with label SQL - CREATE Database. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SQL - CREATE Database. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

SQL - CREATE Database

SQL - CREATE Database

The SQL CREATE DATABASE statement is used to create new SQL database.

Syntax:

Basic syntax of CREATE DATABASE statement is as follows:
CREATE DATABASE DatabaseName;
Always database name should be unique within the RDBMS.

Example:

If you want to create new database <testDB>, then CREATE DATABASE statement would be as follows:
SQL> CREATE DATABASE testDB;
Make sure you have admin privilege before creating any database. Once a database is created, you can check it in the list of databases as follows:
SQL> SHOW DATABASES;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| AMROOD             |
| TUTORIALSPOINT     |
| mysql              |
| orig               |
| test               |
| testDB             |
+--------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)