Creating a Database

Basic Syntax

CREATE DATABASE [IF NOT EXISTS] db_name

[PROPERTIES ("key"="value", ...)];

Example

1. Connect to Doris through MySQL client as a user with Doris administrator permissions.
2. Run the following statement to create the database example_db:

   create database if not exists example_db;

3. Run the following statement to view the database information:

   SHOW DATABASES;

   mysql> SHOW DATABASES;
   +--------------------+
   | Database           |
   +--------------------+
   | example_db         |
   | information_schema |
   +--------------------+
   2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

4. Run the following statement to switch to example_db:

   use example_db;