CREATE SCHEMA

The CREATE SCHEMA page describes the following:

Overview

CREATE SCHEMA creates a new schema in an existing database. A schema is a virtual space for storing tables.

The default schema in SQream DB is public.

Tip

Use schemas to separate between use-cases, such as staging and production.

The CREATE SCHEMA statement can be used to query tables from different schemas without providing an alias, as in the following example:

select <schema_name>.table_name.column_name from <schema_name>.table_name

See also: DROP SCHEMA, ALTER DEFAULT SCHEMA.

Permissions

The role must have the CREATE permission at the database level.

Syntax

The following example shows the correct syntax for creating a schema:

create_schema_statement ::=
    CREATE SCHEMA schema_name
    ;

schema_name ::= identifier

Parameters

The following table shows the schema_name parameters:

Parameter	Description
schema_name	The name of the schema to create.

Examples

This section includes the following examples:

Creating a Schema

The following example shows an example of the syntax for creating a schema:

CREATE SCHEMA staging;

CREATE TABLE staging.users AS SELECT * FROM public.users;

SELECT * FROM staging.users;

Altering the Default Schema for a Role

The following example shows an example of the syntax for altering the default schema for a role:

SELECT * FROM users; -- Refers to public.users

ALTER DEFAULT SCHEMA FOR bgilfoyle TO staging;

SELECT * FROM users; -- Now refers to staging.users, rather than public.users