The document discusses how to create a table in SQL using the CREATE TABLE statement. It provides the basic syntax for CREATE TABLE, including specifying the table name, defining columns and their data types, and setting primary keys. An example is given to demonstrate how to create a CUSTOMERS table with several columns of different data types, including setting the ID column as the primary key.
The document discusses how to create a table in SQL using the CREATE TABLE statement. It provides the basic syntax for CREATE TABLE, including specifying the table name, defining columns and their data types, and setting primary keys. An example is given to demonstrate how to create a CUSTOMERS table with several columns of different data types, including setting the ID column as the primary key.
The document discusses how to create a table in SQL using the CREATE TABLE statement. It provides the basic syntax for CREATE TABLE, including specifying the table name, defining columns and their data types, and setting primary keys. An example is given to demonstrate how to create a CUSTOMERS table with several columns of different data types, including setting the ID column as the primary key.
The document discusses how to create a table in SQL using the CREATE TABLE statement. It provides the basic syntax for CREATE TABLE, including specifying the table name, defining columns and their data types, and setting primary keys. An example is given to demonstrate how to create a CUSTOMERS table with several columns of different data types, including setting the ID column as the primary key.
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Creating a basic table involves naming the table and defining its columns and each column's data type. T he SQL CREAT E T ABLE statement is used to create a new table.
Syntax: Basic syntax of CREAT E T ABLE statement is as follows: CREATE TABLE table_name( column1 datatype, column2 datatype, column3 datatype, ..... columnN datatype, PRIMARY KEY( one or more columns ) );
CREAT E T ABLE is the keyword telling the database system what you want to do. In this case, you want to create a new table. T he unique name or identifier for the table follows the CREAT E T ABLE statement. T hen in brackets comes the list defining each column in the table and what sort of data type it is. T he syntax becomes clearer with an example below. A copy of an existing table can be created using a combination of the CREAT E T ABLE statement and the SELECT statement. You can check complete details at Create T able Using another T able.
Example: Following is an example, which creates a CUST OMERS table with ID as primary key and NOT NULL are the constraints showing that these fields can not be NULL while creating records in this table: SQL> CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS( ID INT NOT NULL, NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL, AGE INT NOT NULL, ADDRESS CHAR (25) , SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2), PRIMARY KEY (ID) );
You can verify if your table has been created successfully by looking at the messag e displayed by the SQL server, otherwise you can use DESC command as follows: SQL> DESC CUSTOMERS; +---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | ID | int(11) | NO | PRI | | | | NAME | varchar(20) | NO | | | | | AGE | int(11) | NO | | | | | ADDRESS | char(25) | YES | | NULL | | | SALARY | decimal(18,2) | YES | | NULL | | +---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Now, you have CUST OMERS table available in your database which you can use to store required information related to customers.
