Create a Database
APPLIES TO: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure Synapse Analytics
(SQL DW) Parallel Data Warehouse
This topic describes how to create a database in SQL Server 2019 (15.x) by using
SQL Server Management Studio or Transact-SQL.
Note
To create a database in Azure SQL Database using T-SQL, see Create database in
Azure SQL Database.
In This Topic
Before you begin:
Limitations and Restrictions
Prerequisites
Recommendations
Security
To create a database, using:
SQL Server Management Studio
Transact-SQL
Before You Begin
Limitations and Restrictions
A maximum of 32,767 databases can be specified on an instance of SQL
Server.
Prerequisites
The CREATE DATABASE statement must run in autocommit mode (the
default transaction management mode) and is not allowed in an explicit or
implicit transaction.
Recommendations
The master database should be backed up whenever a user database is
created, modified, or dropped.
When you create a database, make the data files as large as possible based
on the maximum amount of data you expect in the database.
Security
Permissions
Requires CREATE DATABASE permission in the master database, or requires
CREATE ANY DATABASE, or ALTER ANY DATABASE permission.
To maintain control over disk use on an instance of SQL Server, permission to
create databases is typically limited to a few login accounts.
Using SQL Server Management Studio
To create a database
1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database
Engine and then expand that instance.
2. Right-click Databases, and then click New Database.
3. In New Database, enter a database name.
4. To create the database by accepting all default values, click OK; otherwise,
continue with the following optional steps.
5. To change the owner name, click (...) to select another owner.
Note
The Use full-text indexing option is always checked and dimmed because,
beginning in SQL Server 2008, all user databases are full-text enabled.
6. To change the default values of the primary data and transaction log files, in
the Database files grid, click the appropriate cell and enter the new value. For
more information, see Add Data or Log Files to a Database.
7. To change the collation of the database, select the Options page, and then
select a collation from the list.
8. To change the recovery model, select the Options page and select a
recovery model from the list.
9. To change database options, select the Options page, and then modify the
database options. For a description of each option, see ALTER DATABASE SET
Options (Transact-SQL).
10. To add a new filegroup, click the Filegroups page. Click Add and then enter
the values for the filegroup.
11. To add an extended property to the database, select the Extended
Properties page.
1. In the Name column, enter a name for the extended property.
2. In the Value column, enter the extended property text. For example,
enter one or more statements that describe the database.
12. To create the database, click OK.
Using Transact-SQL
To create a database
1. Connect to the Database Engine.
2. From the Standard bar, click New Query.
3. Copy and paste the following example into the query window and
click Execute. This example creates the database Sales. Because the keyword
PRIMARY is not used, the first file (Sales_dat) becomes the primary file.
Because neither MB nor KB is specified in the SIZE parameter for
the Sales_dat file, it uses MB and is allocated in megabytes. The Sales_log file
is allocated in megabytes because the MB suffix is explicitly stated in
the SIZE parameter.
SQLCopy
USE master ;
GO
CREATE DATABASE Sales
ON
( NAME = Sales_dat,
FILENAME = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL13.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\saledat.mdf',
SIZE = 10,
MAXSIZE = 50,
FILEGROWTH = 5 )
LOG ON
( NAME = Sales_log,
FILENAME = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL13.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\salelog.ldf',
SIZE = 5MB,
MAXSIZE = 25MB,
FILEGROWTH = 5MB ) ;
GO
For more examples, see CREATE DATABASE (SQL Server Transact-SQL).
See Also
Database Files and Filegroups
Database Detach and Attach (SQL Server)
ALTER DATABASE (Transact-SQL)
Add Data or Log Files to a Database
