CREATE DATABASE

Description

Create a database.

Syntax

> CREATE DATABASE [IF NOT EXISTS] <database_name> [create_option] ...
> create_option: [DEFAULT] {
    CHARACTER SET [=] charset_name
  | COLLATE [=] collation_name
  | ENCRYPTION [=] {'Y' | 'N'}
}

create_database_statement

Examples

> CREATE DATABASE test01;
> CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test01;
> CREATE DATABASE test03 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 collate utf8_general_ci ENCRYPTION 'Y';
> CREATE DATABASE test04 CHARACTER SET=utf8 collate=utf8_general_ci ENCRYPTION='N';

Constraints

• Only UTF-8 CHARACTER SET is supported for now.
• CHARACTER SET, COLLATE, ENCRYPTION can be used but don’t work.