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59 changes: 58 additions & 1 deletion docs/sql-ref-syntax-ddl-create-database.md
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**This page is under construction**
### Description
Creates a database with the specified name. If database with the same name already exists, an exception will be thrown.

### Syntax
{% highlight sql %}
CREATE {DATABASE | SCHEMA} [ IF NOT EXISTS ] database_name
[ COMMENT database_comment ]
[ LOCATION database_directory ]
[ WITH DBPROPERTIES (property_name=property_value [ , ...]) ]
{% endhighlight %}

### Parameters
<dl>
<dt><code><em>database_name</em></code></dt>
<dd>Specifies the name of the database to be created.</dd>

<dt><code><em>IF NOT EXISTS</em></code></dt>
<dd>Creates a database with the given name if it doesn't exists. If a database with the same name already exists, nothing will happen.</dd>

<dt><code><em>database_directory</em></code></dt>
<dd>Path of the file system in which the specified database is to be created. If the specified path does not exist in the underlying file system, this command creates a directory with the path. If the location is not specified, the database will be created in the default warehouse directory, whose path is configured by the static configuration spark.sql.warehouse.dir.</dd>

<dt><code><em>database_comment</em></code></dt>
<dd>Specifies the description for the database.</dd>

<dt><code><em>WITH DBPROPERTIES (property_name=property_value [ , ...])</em></code></dt>
<dd>Specifies the properties for the database in key-value pairs.</dd>
</dl>

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Could you please rebase your branch and follow the parameters format in #25523? Thanks!

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Formatted based on #25523 . Thanks

### Examples
{% highlight sql %}
-- Create database `customer_db`. This throws exception if database with name customer_db
-- already exists.
CREATE DATABASE customer_db;

-- Create database `customer_db` only if database with same name doesn't exist.
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Between two tests, lets have a empty line ?

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Done. Thanks

CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS customer_db;

-- Create database `customer_db` only if database with same name doesn't exist with
-- `Comments`,`Specific Location` and `Database properties`.
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS customer_db COMMENT 'This is customer database' LOCATION '/user'
WITH DBPROPERTIES (ID=001, Name='John');

-- Verify that properties are set.
DESCRIBE DATABASE EXTENDED customer_db;
+----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| database_description_item | database_description_value |
+----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Database Name | customer_db |
| Description | This is customer database |
| Location | hdfs://hacluster/user |
| Properties | ((ID,001), (Name,John)) |
+----------------------------+-----------------------------+
{% endhighlight %}

### Related Statements
- [DESCRIBE DATABASE](sql-ref-syntax-aux-describe-database.html)
- [DROP DATABASE](sql-ref-syntax-ddl-drop-database.html)