{"id":23357,"date":"2024-03-16T01:13:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T01:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-table-in-sql\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T01:04:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T01:04:34","slug":"how-to-create-a-table-in-sql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-table-in-sql\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a table in SQL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to create a table, you can use the &#8220;CREATE TABLE&#8221; command in SQL.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a simple example showing how to create a table named &#8220;students&#8221; with two columns, &#8220;id&#8221; and &#8220;name&#8221;:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CREATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> students (\r\n  id <span class=\"hljs-type\">INT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">PRIMARY<\/span> KEY,\r\n  name <span class=\"hljs-type\">VARCHAR<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">50<\/span>)\r\n);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, the first line specifies the name of the table as &#8220;students&#8221;. 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