Creating databases

Syntax

• CREATE {DATABASE | SCHEMA} [IF NOT EXISTS] db_name [create_specification] /// To create database
• DROP {DATABASE | SCHEMA} [IF EXISTS] db_name /// To drop database

Parameters

|Parameter |Details | |––––––––––|————————| |CREATE DATABASE | Creates a database with the given name | CREATE SCHEMA | This is a synonym for CREATE DATABASE |IF NOT EXISTS | Used to avoid execution error, if specified database already exists |create_specification| create_specification options specify database characteristics such as CHARACTER SET and COLLATE(database collation)