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4/27/24, 3:49 PM SQL - CREATE Database

SQL - CREATE Database


A database is a structured collection of data that is stored in a computer system.
They are used to store and retrieve the data efficiently. Databases can be created
using different query languages, and SQL is one such language.

CREATE Database Statement


The CREATE DATABASE statement is a DDL (Data Definition Language) statement
used to create a new database in SQL. If you are creating your database on Linux or
Unix, then database names are case-sensitive, even though SQL keywords are case-
insensitive. If you are working on Windows then this restriction does not apply.

Syntax

Following is the syntax to create a database in SQL −

CREATE DATABASE DatabaseName;

Here, the DatabaseName is the name of the database that we want to create. The
database name can contain any valid identifiers, such as number, letters, or
underscores. But a DatabaseName cannot be a keyword available in SQL.

While creating a database, you may encounter an error such as ERROR


1044 (42000): Access denied for user 'krishna'@'localhost' to database
'DatabaseName', this means that you do not have the necessary privileges
to create a database. To create a database, you need to have admin
previleges.

Example

Following is an example to create a database testDB using SQL CREATE


DATABASE statement −

CREATE DATABASE testDB;

List Databases using SQL


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Once the database testDB is created, you can check it in the list of databases using
SQL command SHOW DATABASES;.

Syntax

SHOW DATABASES;

Output

The output will be displayed as −

Database

master

performance_schema

information_schema

mysql

testDB

Use/Select Databases using SQL


We can now set the testDB as the default database by using the USE statement in
SQL.

Syntax

USE testDB;

That's it! we have successfully created a database in SQL. Now, we can create tables
and other database objects within this new database.

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