Console - CREATE DATABASE

Creates and connects to a new database.

Syntax

CREATE DATABASE <database-url> [<user> <password> <storage-type> [<db-type>]]

• <database-url> Defines the URL of the database you want to connect to. It uses the format <mode>:<path>
  • <mode> Defines the mode you want to use in connecting to the database. It can be PLOCAL or REMOTE.
  • <path> Defines the path to the database.
• <user> Defines the user you want to connect to the database with.
• <password> Defines the password needed to connect to the database, with the defined user.
• <storage-type> Defines the storage type that you want to use. You can choose between PLOCAL and MEMORY.
• <db-type> Defines the database type. You can choose between GRAPH and DOCUMENT. The default is GRAPH.

Examples

• Create a local database demo:

  orientdb> CREATE DATABASE PLOCAL:/usr/local/orientdb/databases/demo
  
  Creating database [plocal:/usr/local/orientdb/databases/demo]...
  Connecting to database [plocal:/usr/local/orientdb/databases/demo]...OK
  Database created successfully.
  
  Current database is: plocal:/usr/local/orientdb/databases/demo
  
  orientdb {db=demo}>
  

• Create a remote database trick:

  orientdb> CREATE DATABASE REMOTE:192.168.1.1/trick root 
            E30DD873203AAA245952278B4306D94E423CF91D569881B7CAD7D0B6D1A20CE9 PLOCAL
  
  Creating database [remote:192.168.1.1/trick ]...
  Connecting to database [remote:192.168.1.1/trick ]...OK
  Database created successfully.
  
  Current database is: remote:192.168.1.1/trick
  
  orientdb {db=trick}>
  

To create a static database to use from the server, see Server pre-configured storage types.

To remove a database, see DROP DATABASE. To change database configurations after creation, see ALTER DATABASE.

For more information on other commands, see Console Commands.