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Development Tools Database Foundations Creating Tables and Manipulating Data with SQL Creating a Table

Anders Lund
Anders Lund
3,061 Points
Posted by Anders Lund
Anders Lund
3,061 Points

how to add column?

can't really figure this one out... plz help :)

1 Answer

Tom Hinkley
Tom Hinkley
1,251 Points

Hi Anders,

You are looking for the CREATE TABLE syntax a full overview can be found here

The syntax you are looking for is 

CREATE TABLE categories (name VARCHAR(75));

The "CREATE TABLE categories" part makes a table called categories. By appending the second part in brackets we make a column in that table called "name" with the type "VARCHAR" and finally the "75" in brackets stipulates the maximum length of the field.

Tom