Creating Databases (Data Definition Guide)

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This chapter describes how to:

• Create a database with CREATE DATABASE
• Modify the database with ALTER DATABASE
• Delete a database with DATABASE
• Create an in-sync, online duplication of the database for recovery purposes with CREATE SHADOW
• Stop database shadowing with DROP SHADOW
• Increase the size of a shadow
• Extract metadata from an existing database

Topics

• What You Should Know
• Creating a Database (Data Definition Guide)
• Altering a Database
• Dropping a Database
• Creating a Database Shadow
• Dropping a Shadow (Creating Databases)
• Expanding the Size of a Shadow
• Using isql to Extract Data Definitions