create database argument: Create a database (SQL administration API)

Use the create database argument with the admin() or task() function to create a database.

Syntax


Element	Description	Key Considerations
`database_name`	The name of the database.
`dbspace`	The name of the dbspace to store the data for this database. The default is the root dbspace.	The dbspace must already exist on the database server.
`locale`	The locale associated with the database.	The values for `locale` are the same as the values for the DB_LOCALE environment variable. If you omit this property, the locale is set by the value of the DB_LOCALE environment variable. The default locale is US English.

This function is equivalent to the CREATE DATABASE statement.

You cannot use this function to create a tenant database. You create a tenant database with the tenant create argument.

The following example creates the database named demodbs with unbuffered logging:

EXECUTE FUNCTION task("create database with log","demodbs");

The following example creates a database that is not case-sensitive named demodbs2 with ANSI compliant logging in the dbspace named dataspace1:

EXECUTE FUNCTION task("create database with log mode ansi nlscase insensitive",
"demodbs2","dataspace1");

The following example creates a database named demodbs3 with a French-Canadian locale in the dbspace name dataspace1:

EXECUTE FUNCTION task("create database","demodbs3","dataspace1","fr_ca.8859-1");