The SQL command used to create a new table in a database typically looks like this:
CREATE TABLE table-name (field-name-1 field-type-1 modifiers,
field-name-2 field-type-2 modifiers, ... , field-name-n
field-type-n modifiers)
The table name cannot contain spaces, slashes, or periods; other than this, any
character is fair game. Each table (and the data it contains) is stored as a set of three
files in your MySQL data directory.
Here’s a sample...