Creating Tables

Background

A table is created in a database and can be saved in different databases. Tables under different schemas in a database can have the same name. Before creating a table, refer to Planning a Storage Model.

Procedure

Run the following statement to create a table:

CREATE TABLE customer_t1
(
    c_customer_sk             integer,
    c_customer_id             char(5),
    c_first_name              char(6),
    c_last_name               char(8)
);

If the following information is displayed, the table has been created:

 CREATE TABLE

c_customer_sk, c_customer_id, c_first_name, and c_last_name are the column names of the table. integer, char(5), char(6), and char(8) are column name types.