SQL CREATE TABLE Tutorial

Example Table

We will create a table named employees for our examples:

    CREATE TABLE employees (
        employee_id INT PRIMARY KEY,
        name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
        position VARCHAR(50),
        salary DECIMAL(10, 2),
        age INT
    );
    

Creating the Table

To create the table, use the following SQL command:

    CREATE TABLE employees (
        employee_id INT PRIMARY KEY,
        name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
        position VARCHAR(50),
        salary DECIMAL(10, 2),
        age INT
    );
    

Result:

Command	CREATE TABLE employees (employee_id INT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, position VARCHAR(50), salary DECIMAL(10, 2), age INT);
Result	A table named employees is created.

Inserting Data into the Table

Let's insert some data into the employees table:

    INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, name, position, salary, age) VALUES
    (1, 'John Doe', 'Manager', 60000.00, 45),
    (2, 'Jane Smith', 'Developer', 55000.00, 30),
    (3, 'Emily Johnson', 'Designer', 50000.00, 25);
    

Result:

Command	INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, name, position, salary, age) VALUES (1, 'John Doe', 'Manager', 60000.00, 45), (2, 'Jane Smith', 'Developer', 55000.00, 30), (3, 'Emily Johnson', 'Designer', 50000.00, 25);
Result	Three records are inserted into the employees table.

Querying the Table

We can query the employees table to see the data:

    SELECT * FROM employees;
    

Result:

Command	SELECT * FROM employees;
Result	employee_id name position salary age 1 John Doe Manager 60000.00 45 2 Jane Smith Developer 55000.00 30 3 Emily Johnson Designer 50000.00 25