Here’s the syntax to check whether the table already exists using the CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS −
create table if not exists yourTableName ( yourColumnName1 dataType, . . . . N ); insert into yourTableName values(yourValue1,.......N);
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table if not exists DemoTable ( StudentId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, StudentSubject varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable(StudentSubject) values('Java'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.24 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(StudentSubject) values('MySQL'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(StudentSubject) values('C'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+-----------+----------------+ | StudentId | StudentSubject | +-----------+----------------+ | 1 | Java | | 2 | MySQL | | 3 | C | +-----------+----------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)