PostgreSQL CREATE DATABASE Keyword

The PostgreSQL CREATE DATABASE keyword is used to create a new PostgreSQL database.

Syntax

The syntax of using CREATE DATABASE statement in PostgreSQL is given below:

CREATE DATABASE DatabaseName;

Please note that to create any database, appropriate privilege is required. Along with this, the database name should be unique within the RDBMS. After creating the database, the following command can be used to see the list of databases available in RDBMS.

\l

OR

SELECT datname FROM pg_database;

Example: create a database

To create a database with name testDB, the following statement can be used:

CREATE DATABASE testDB;

After creating the database, the following commands can be used to see the list of databases available in RDBMS.

\l
Result:
     Name    |  Owner   | Encoding |  Collate   |   Ctype    |      Access privileges      
-------------+----------+----------+------------+------------+-----------------------------
 SQLExample1 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =Tc/postgres               +
             |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres
 SQLExample2 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =Tc/postgres               +
             |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres
 SQLExample3 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =Tc/postgres               +
             |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres
 SQLExample4 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =Tc/postgres               +
             |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres
 SQLExample5 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =Tc/postgres               +
             |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres
 SQLExample6 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =Tc/postgres               +
             |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres
 SQLExample7 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =Tc/postgres               +
             |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres
 SQLExample8 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =Tc/postgres               +
             |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres
 testDB      | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =Tc/postgres               +
             |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres
(9 rows)


SELECT datname FROM pg_database;
Result:
   datname      
-------------
 SQLExample1 
 SQLExample2 
 SQLExample3 
 SQLExample4 
 SQLExample5 
 SQLExample6 
 SQLExample7 
 SQLExample8 
 testDB      
(9 rows)

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