The CREATE TABLE statement allows you to create a new table in a database.

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The following illustrates the basic syntax of the CREATE TABLE  statement:

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CREATE TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] table_name(

   column_1_definition,

   column_2_definition,

   ...,

   table_constraints

) ENGINE=storage_engine;

Let’s examine the syntax in greater detail.

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First, you specify the name of the table that you want to create after the CREATE TABLE  keywords. The table name must be unique within a database. The IF NOT EXISTS is optional. It allows you to check if the table that you create already exists in the database. If this is the case, MySQL will ignore the whole statement and will not create any new table.

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Second, you specify a list of columns of the table in the column_list section, columns are separated by commas.

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Third, you can optionally specify the storage engine for the table in the ENGINE clause. You can use any storage engine such as InnoDB and MyISAM. If you don’t explicitly declare a storage engine, MySQL will use InnoDB by default.

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tasks (

    task_id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,

    title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,

    start_date DATE,

    due_date DATE,

    status TINYINT NOT NULL,

    priority TINYINT NOT NULL,

    description TEXT,

    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

)  ENGINE=INNODB;

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# updated dec 2020

# Creates a Simple User table

# Uses an auto-incrementing primary key as userId 

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CREATE TABLE user (

    userId INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,

    username VARCHAR(100),

    password VARCHAR(100) 

) ENGINE=InnoDB;

-- 'CREATE TABLE' followed by the name of the table. 

-- In round brackets, define the columns.

CREATE TABLE `test_table` 

(

  id INT(10) PRIMARY KEY,           

  username VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL

);

CREATE TABLE users(

id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,

   first_name VARCHAR(100),

   last_name VARCHAR(100),

   email VARCHAR(50),

   password VARCHAR(20),

   location VARCHAR(100),

   dept VARCHAR(100),

   is_admin TINYINT(1),

   register_date DATETIME,

   PRIMARY KEY(id)

);

CREATE TABLE student (

student_id int PRIMARY KEY,

student_name VARCHAR (255),

level int (10),

sex varchar (6),

contact int (10) );

create table tutorials_tbl(

   tutorial_id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,

   tutorial_title VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,

   tutorial_author VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,

   submission_date DATE,

   PRIMARY KEY ( tutorial_id )

);