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Using T-SQL to create tables programmatically Part two of a four-part series of blogs
SQL doesn’t just select data; you can also use it to create tables and link them together with relationships. This blog shows you how! Creating Tables in SQL Creating Databases using SQL (this blog) Creating a Table Programmatically in SQL Linking Tables (Foreign Keys and Relationships) This blog is part of a much longer tutorial on programming in SQL. Alternatively, have a look at our classroom-based training courses in SQL.

Using T-SQL to create tables programmatically

Part two of a four-part series of blogs

SQL doesn’t just select data; you can also use it to create tables and link them together with relationships. This blog shows you how!

Creating Tables in SQL
Creating Databases using SQL (this blog)
Creating a Table Programmatically in SQL
Linking Tables (Foreign Keys and Relationships)

This blog is part of a much longer tutorial on programming in SQL. Alternatively, have a look at our classroom-based training courses in SQL.

Posted by Andy Brown on 05 October 2012

Creating Databases using SQL

Tables that you create have to belong in a database, and you can create one of these in SQL. The command is:

CREATE DATABASE NameOfDatabase

So if you were creating a database to hold books and authors, you might run:

-- create a new database

CREATE DATABASE Literature

As always with SQL, you have to be careful to refresh your server in order to be able to see your new database:


Right-click on Databases ...	... to show your new one.

You can also delete any existing database before creating a new one, to make sure you start with a clean slate:

-- try to delete the database

BEGIN TRY

DROP DATABASE Literature

END TRY

BEGIN CATCH

END CATCH

-- now create a new database

CREATE DATABASE Literature

Now that we've got a database, it's time to create a new table in it!

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Creating Tables in SQL Creating Databases using SQL (this blog) Creating a Table Programmatically in SQL Linking Tables (Foreign Keys and Relationships)

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