CREATE TABLE
Valid in: SQL, ESQL, OpenAPI, ODBC, JDBC, .NET
The CREATE TABLE statement creates a base table.
Note: A Vector table cannot be created in either iidbdb or imadb (system databases).
This statement has the following format:
CREATE TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] [schema.] table_name
(column_specification {, column_specification })
[table_constraint {, table_constraint}]
[with_clause]
The CREATE TABLE AS SELECT statement (which creates a table and loads rows from another table) has the following format:
CREATE TABLE table_name
(column_name {, column_name}) AS
[WITH common_table_expression] subselect
{UNION [ALL]
subselect}
[with_clause]
where:
IF NOT EXISTS
Creates the table if it does not exist and returns without error if the table already exists.
Note: Use this option with caution. The table definition of a pre-existing table may differ with that of the CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS statement.
table_name
Defines the name of the new table. It must be a valid object name.
column_specification
Note: For Vector tables, defaults, nullability, and identity columns work only for INSERT...VALUE, not INSERT SELECTs.
table_constraint
with_clause
Specifies optional WITH clause options separated by a comma, as described in
WITH Clause.
Last modified date: 12/19/2024