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CREATE DATABASE

In PostgreSQL CREATE DATABASE statement is used for creating new database in server. Login to PostgreSQL database command prompt using command ‘sudo -u postgres psql‘ from terminal.

Syntax :-

CREATE DATABASE database_name;

Example :-

Login to your PostgreSQL server using command line. You will get PostgreSQL database prompt like postgres=# . Now use CREATE DATABASE statement to create database.

postgres=# CREATE DATABASE mydb;

If everything goes successfully, you will get output like “CREATE DATABASE“.

To confirm that database is create use l or list command from database command prompt to list all databases.

postgres=# list


                             List of databases
   Name    |  Owner   | Encoding | Collate | Ctype |   Access privileges
-----------+----------+----------+---------+-------+-----------------------
 mydb      | postgres | UTF8     | en_IN   | en_IN |  
 postgres  | postgres | UTF8     | en_IN   | en_IN |
 template0 | postgres | UTF8     | en_IN   | en_IN | =c/postgres          +
           |          |          |         |       | postgres=CTc/postgres
 template1 | postgres | UTF8     | en_IN   | en_IN | =c/postgres          +
           |          |          |         |       | postgres=CTc/postgres
(4 rows)
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