how do i tell SQL to create tables in my database?

im trying to create a table using Run SQL query now how do i tell it to create the table in my database?


any help would be welcomed

 

the syntax for creating tables is

CREATE TABLE {TABLENAME} (
column 1 column1datatype,
column 2 column2datatype,
.
.
column 3 column3datatype
)




The complete syntax is ::


CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] tbl_name
{ LIKE old_tbl_name | (LIKE old_tbl_name) }

create_definition:
col_name column_definition
| [CONSTRAINT [symbol]] PRIMARY KEY [index_type] (index_col_name,...)
[index_option] ...
| {INDEX|KEY} [index_name] [index_type] (index_col_name,...)
[index_option] ...
| [CONSTRAINT [symbol]] UNIQUE [INDEX|KEY]
[index_name] [index_type] (index_col_name,...)
[index_option] ...
| {FULLTEXT|SPATIAL} [INDEX|KEY] [index_name] (index_col_name,...)
[index_option] ...
| [CONSTRAINT [symbol]] FOREIGN KEY
[index_name] (index_col_name,...) reference_definition
| CHECK (expr)

column_definition:
data_type [NOT NULL | NULL] [DEFAULT default_value]
[AUTO_INCREMENT] [UNIQUE [KEY] | [PRIMARY] KEY]
[COMMENT 'string']
[COLUMN_FORMAT {FIXED|DYNAMIC|DEFAULT}]
[STORAGE {DISK|MEMORY|DEFAULT}]
[reference_definition]

data_type:
BIT[(length)]
| TINYINT[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| SMALLINT[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| MEDIUMINT[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| INT[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| INTEGER[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| BIGINT[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| REAL[(length,decimals)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| DOUBLE[(length,decimals)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| FLOAT[(length,decimals)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| DECIMAL[(length[,decimals])] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| NUMERIC[(length[,decimals])] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| DATE
| TIME
| TIMESTAMP
| DATETIME
| YEAR
| CHAR[(length)]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| VARCHAR(length)
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| BINARY[(length)]
| VARBINARY(length)
| TINYBLOB
| BLOB
| MEDIUMBLOB
| LONGBLOB
| TINYTEXT [BINARY]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| TEXT [BINARY]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| MEDIUMTEXT [BINARY]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| LONGTEXT [BINARY]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| ENUM(value1,value2,value3,...)
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| SET(value1,value2,value3,...)
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| spatial_type

index_col_name:
col_name [(length)] [ASC | DESC]

index_type:
USING {BTREE | HASH | RTREE}

index_option:
KEY_BLOCK_SIZE [=] value
| index_type
| WITH PARSER parser_name

reference_definition:
REFERENCES tbl_name (index_col_name,...)
[MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL | MATCH SIMPLE]
[ON DELETE reference_option]
[ON UPDATE reference_option]

reference_option:
RESTRICT | CASCADE | SET NULL | NO ACTION

table_options:
table_option [[,] table_option] ...

table_option:
ENGINE [=] engine_name
| AUTO_INCREMENT [=] value
| AVG_ROW_LENGTH [=] value
| [DEFAULT] CHARACTER SET [=] charset_name
| CHECKSUM [=] {0 | 1}
| [DEFAULT] COLLATE [=] collation_name
| COMMENT [=] 'string'
| CONNECTION [=] 'connect_string'
| DATA DIRECTORY [=] 'absolute path to directory'
| DELAY_KEY_WRITE [=] {0 | 1}
| INDEX DIRECTORY [=] 'absolute path to directory'
| INSERT_METHOD [=] { NO | FIRST | LAST }
| KEY_BLOCK_SIZE [=] value
| MAX_ROWS [=] value
| MIN_ROWS [=] value
| PACK_KEYS [=] {0 | 1 | DEFAULT}
| PASSWORD [=] 'string'
| ROW_FORMAT [=] {DEFAULT|DYNAMIC|FIXED|COMPRESSED|REDUNDANT|COMPACT}
| TABLESPACE tablespace_name [STORAGE {DISK|MEMORY|DEFAULT}]
| UNION [=] (tbl_name[,tbl_name]...)

partition_options:
PARTITION BY
{ [LINEAR] HASH(expr)
| [LINEAR] KEY(column_list)
| RANGE(expr)
| LIST(expr) }
[PARTITIONS num]
[SUBPARTITION BY
{ [LINEAR] HASH(expr)
| [LINEAR] KEY(column_list) }
[SUBPARTITIONS num]
]
[(partition_definition [, partition_definition] ...)]

partition_definition:
PARTITION partition_name
[VALUES {LESS THAN {(expr) | MAXVALUE} | IN (value_list)}]
[[STORAGE] ENGINE [=] engine_name]
[COMMENT [=] 'comment_text' ]
[DATA DIRECTORY [=] 'data_dir']
[INDEX DIRECTORY [=] 'index_dir']
[MAX_ROWS [=] max_number_of_rows]
[MIN_ROWS [=] min_number_of_rows]
[TABLESPACE [=] tablespace_name]
[NODEGROUP [=] node_group_id]
[(subpartition_definition [, subpartition_definition] ...)]

subpartition_definition:
SUBPARTITION logical_name
[[STORAGE] ENGINE [=] engine_name]
[COMMENT [=] 'comment_text' ]
[DATA DIRECTORY [=] 'data_dir']
[INDEX DIRECTORY [=] 'index_dir']
[MAX_ROWS [=] max_number_of_rows]
[MIN_ROWS [=] min_number_of_rows]
[TABLESPACE [=] tablespace_name]
[NODEGROUP [=] node_group_id]

select_statement:
[IGNORE | REPLACE] [AS] SELECT ... (Some legal select statement)

 

yeah i know that but i get an error no database selected error


i just do not know how to tell SQL query to make the tables in my data base

 

Hi

No problems man it is simple step by step


Login to MySQL using

mysql -u username -p password

When connected write the following command

use database {Your Database name goes here}

when there is a message as Database changed you are ready to create the tables::

then issue the create table statements

 

thanks for the help but im doing this via myphpadmin


seems to work now i will try to add the tables. thanks alot

 

Hi after entering into phpmyadmin maybe you need to click on a database on left hand side if you have multiple databases even if you dont have multiple even then the system creates a schema information database.


try clicking on the left hand side and you ll get the create table option.

 

yeah right now im i just did the create data base command but it seems that no database was created

i mean table sorry very tired

 

im still getting can't find database error

 

can you send me details for login so that i can sort out your problem

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1577477