The CREATE TABLE statement is used for creating a new table in Derby database.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of the CREATE statement.

CREATE TABLE table_name (
   column_name1 column_data_type1 constraint (optional),
   column_name2 column_data_type2 constraint (optional),
   column_name3 column_data_type3 constraint (optional)
);

Another way to create a table in Apache Derby is that you can specify the column names and data types using a query. The syntax for this is given below −

CREATE TABLE table_name AS SELECT * FROM desired_table WITH NO DATA;

Example

The following SQL statement creates a table named Student with four columns, where id is the primary key and it is auto generated.

ij> CREATE TABLE Student (
   Id INT NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
   Age INT NOT NULL,
   First_Name VARCHAR(255),
   last_name VARCHAR(255),
   PRIMARY KEY (Id)
);
> > > > > > > 0 rows inserted/updated/deleted

The DESCRIBE command describes specified table by listing the columns and their details, if the table exists. You can use this command to verify if the table is created.

ij> DESCRIBE Student;
COLUMN_NAME |TYPE_NAME |DEC&|NUM&|COLUM&|COLUMN_DEF|CHAR_OCTE&|IS_NULL&
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID |INTEGER |0 |10 |10 |AUTOINCRE&|NULL |NO
AGE |INTEGER |0 |10 |10 |NULL |NULL |NO
FIRST_NAME |VARCHAR |NULL|NULL|255 |NULL |510 |YES
LAST_NAME |VARCHAR |NULL|NULL|255 |NULL |510 |YES
4 rows selected

Create a Table using JDBC Program

This section teaches you how to create a table in Apache Derby database using JDBC application.

If you want to request the Derby network server using network client, make sure that the server is up and running. The class name for the Network client driver is org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver and the URL is jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/DATABASE_NAME;create=true;user=USER_NAME;passw
ord=PASSWORD”.

Follow the steps given below to create a table in Apache Derby −

Step 1: Register the driver

To communicate with the database, first of all, you need to register the driver. The forName() method of the class, Class accepts a String value representing a class name loads it in to the memory, which automatically registers it. Register the driver using this method.

Step 2: Get the connection

In general, the first step we do to communicate to the database is to connect with it. The Connection class represents the physical connection with a database server. You can create a connection object by invoking the getConnection() method of the DriverManager class. Create a connection using this method.

Step 3: Create a statement object

You need to create a Statement or PreparedStatement or, CallableStatement objects to send SQL statements to the database. You can create these using the methods createStatement(), prepareStatement() and, prepareCall() respectively. Create either of these objects using the appropriate method.

Step 4: Execute the query

After creating a statement, you need to execute it. The Statement class provides various methods to execute a query like the execute() method to execute a statement that returns more than one result set. The executeUpdate() method executes queries like INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE. The executeQuery() method to results that returns data etc. Use either of these methods and execute the statement created previously.

Example

Following JDBC example demonstrates how to create a table in Apache Derby using JDBC program. Here, we are connecting to a database named sampleDB (will create if it does not exist) using the embedded driver.

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class CreateTable {
   public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
      //Registering the driver
      Class.forName("org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver");
      //Getting the Connection object
      String URL = "jdbc:derby:sampleDB;create=true";
      Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(URL);

      //Creating the Statement object
      Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
 
      //Executing the query
      String query = "CREATE TABLE Employees( "
         + "Id INT NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY, "
         + "Name VARCHAR(255), "
         + "Salary INT NOT NULL, "
         + "Location VARCHAR(255), "
         + "PRIMARY KEY (Id))";
         stmt.execute(query);
         System.out.println("Table created");
   }
}

Output

On executing the above program, you will get the following output

Table created