CREATE DATABASE

Use the CREATE DATABASE command to create a new database.

Syntax

CREATE DATABASE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] database_name;

Parameters

Parameter or clause	Description
database_name	The name of the database to be created.
IF NOT EXISTS clause	Creates a database if the database name has not already been used. Otherwise throws an error.

Example

CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS travel;

note

Names and unquoted identifiers are case-insensitive. Therefore, you must double-quote any of these fields for them to be case-sensitive. See also Identifiers.