MySQL CREATE TABLE

The MySQL CREATE TABLE command is used to create a new table into the database. A table creation command requires three things:

• Name of the table
• Names of fields
• Definitions for each field

Syntax:

Following is a generic syntax for creating a MySQL table in the database.

CREATE TABLE table_name (column_name column_type...);

Example:

Here, we will create a table named "cus_tbl" in the database "customers".

CREATE TABLE cus_tbl(
   cus_id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   cus_firstname VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
   cus_surname VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY ( cus_id )
);

Note:

1. Here, NOT NULL is a field attribute and it is used because we don't want this field to be NULL. If you will try to create a record with NULL value, then MySQL will raise an error.
2. The field attribute AUTO_INCREMENT specifies MySQL to go ahead and add the next available number to the id field.PRIMARY KEY is used to define a column as primary key. You can use multiple columns separated by comma to define a primary key.

Visual representation of creating a MySQL table:

See the created table:

Use the following command to see the table already created:

SHOW tables;

See the table structure:

Use the following command to see the table already created:

DESCRIBE cus_tbl;