Flash cards
Review the key moves
What is the main idea behind SQL CREATE TABLE Keyword?
Lesson checks
Practice each idea before moving on
Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.
Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?
Complete the missing token from the example code.
___ TABLE PersonsPut the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.
Create Table
The CREATE TABLE command creates a new table in the database.
The following SQL creates a table called "Persons" that contains five columns: PersonID, LastName, FirstName, Address, and City:
Example
CREATE TABLE Persons
(
PersonID int,
LastName varchar(255),
FirstName varchar(255),
Address varchar(255),
City varchar(255)
);CREATE TABLE Using Another Table
The following SQL creates a new table called "TestTables" (which is a copy of two columns of the "Customers" table):
Example
CREATE TABLE TestTable AS
SELECT customername, contactname
FROM
customers;