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The syntax for creating a table is as follows:

CREATE TABLE <table_name> (
       field1 datatype,
       field2 datatype,
       etc......
);

When splitting over multiple lines within the MySQL command line the continuation indictor(->) will be used.

mysql> CREATE TABLE <table_name> (
    -> field1 datatype,
    -> field2 datatype,
    -> etc......);

The command statement will not be executed until you use a semi-colon.

mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE employee (
    ->     ID INT(2) auto_increment primary key,
    ->     First_name VARCHAR(20),
    ->     Last_name VARCHAR(30),
    ->     Start_date DATE,
    ->     Salary int(6),
    ->     city VARCHAR(20),
    ->     description VARCHAR(20)
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

mysql>
mysql> desc employee;
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field       | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| ID          | int(2)      | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| First_name  | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| Last_name   | varchar(30) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| Start_date  | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| Salary      | int(6)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| city        | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| description | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
7 rows in set (0.05 sec)

mysql>
mysql> drop table employee;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>








4.1.Create Table
4.1.1.The syntax for creating a table
4.1.2.Creating Tables with AUTO_INCREMENT and NOT NULL column
4.1.3.Use a CREATE TABLE statement to specify the layout of your table:
4.1.4.'IF NOT EXISTS' parameter can be used to check if a table exists before you actually create it
4.1.5.CREATE TABLE table_name (column_name field_type [NULL|NOT NULL],KEY col_index(column_name));
4.1.6.TYPE=MYISAM
4.1.7.Copy a table with Create ... Select statement
4.1.8.Create a table by UNION another table
4.1.9.Creating table with Foreign key
4.1.10.Creating a Table with an Index
4.1.11.Table and Column Definition with character and collate
4.1.12.The CHARACTER SET attribute specifies the character set, and the COLLATE attribute specifies a collation for the character set