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Create an SQL table
We create tables in an SQL database with the CREATE command.
Below is an example of this in practice. Each field corresponds to a column. We
specify the name of the field and its corresponding
data type. Every table must have a
primary key. In the example, employee_id is the primary key.
CREATE TABLE employee (
employee_id text PRIMARY KEY,
first_name text,
surname text,
address_number integer,
address_1 text,
address_2 text,
locality text,
region text,
postal_code text,
phone_number text,
days_per_week real
);
Check table metadata
We can use DESCRIBE [table_name] any time we want to list out the data types
and other metadata about the table.
We can use SHOW TABLE STATUS/