When you create a database, it is public by default. Any Actian X user in that instance can connect to the database, but can only create or use tables if they have the necessary privileges. The user who creates a database becomes its database administrator.

Issue this command at the command line:

For example, the following command creates a Unicode-enabled public database named demodb on the local node in the default locations:

To locate a database’s data, checkpoint, journal, or dump files in locations other than the default locations, see the chapter “Using Alternate Locations.”