CREATE DATABASE

Function

This statement creates a database using specified table attributes. If a table with the same name already exists in the database, an exception is thrown.

Syntax

CREATE DATABASE [IF NOT EXISTS] [catalog_name.]db_name
  [COMMENT database_comment]
  WITH (key1=val1, key2=val2, ...)

Description

IF NOT EXISTS

If the database already exists, no operation is performed.

WITH OPTIONS

Database attributes typically store additional information about the database.

The key and value of the key1=val1 expression are string literals.