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NAME
  CREATE SCHEMA - define a new schema

SYNOPSIS
  CREATE SCHEMA schemaname [ AUTHORIZATION username ] [ schema_element [ ... ] ]
  CREATE SCHEMA AUTHORIZATION username [ schema_element [ ... ] ]

DESCRIPTION
  CREATE SCHEMA will enter a new schema into the current database.  The
  schema name must be distinct from the name of any existing schema in the
  current database.

  A schema is essentially a namespace: it contains named objects (tables,
  data types, functions, and operators) whose names may duplicate those of
  other objects existing in other schemas. Named objects are accessed either
  by ``qualifying'' their names with the schema name as a prefix, or by
  setting a search path that includes the desired schema(s). Unqualified
  objects are created in the current schema (the one at the front of the
  search path, which can be determined with the function current_schema).

  Optionally, CREATE SCHEMA can include subcommands to create objects within
  the new schema. The subcommands are treated essentially the same as
  separate commands issued after creating the schema, except that if the
  AUTHORIZATION clause is used, all the created objects will be owned by that
  user.

PARAMETERS
  schemaname
       The name of a schema to be created. If this is omitted, the user name
       is used as the schema name.

  username
       The name of the user who will own the schema. If omitted, defaults to
       the user executing the command. Only superusers may create schemas
       owned by users other than themselves.

  schema_element
       An SQL statement defining an object to be created within the schema.
       Currently, only CREATE TABLE, CREATE VIEW, and GRANT are accepted as
       clauses within CREATE SCHEMA. Other kinds of objects may be created in
       separate commands after the schema is created.

NOTES
  To create a schema, the invoking user must have CREATE privilege for the
  current database. (Of course, superusers bypass this check.)

EXAMPLES
  Create a schema:

  CREATE SCHEMA myschema;

  Create a schema for user joe; the schema will also be named joe:

  CREATE SCHEMA AUTHORIZATION joe;

  Create a schema and create a table and view within it:

  CREATE SCHEMA hollywood
      CREATE TABLE films (title text, release date, awards text[])
      CREATE VIEW winners AS
	  SELECT title, release FROM films WHERE awards IS NOT NULL;

  Notice that the individual subcommands do not end with semicolons.

  The following is an equivalent way of accomplishing the same result:

  CREATE SCHEMA hollywood;
  CREATE TABLE hollywood.films (title text, release date, awards text[]);
  CREATE VIEW hollywood.winners AS
      SELECT title, release FROM hollywood.films WHERE awards IS NOT NULL;

COMPATIBILITY
  The SQL standard allows a DEFAULT CHARACTER SET clause in CREATE SCHEMA, as
  well as more subcommand types than are presently accepted by PostgreSQL.

  The SQL standard specifies that the subcommands in CREATE SCHEMA may appear
  in any order. The present PostgreSQL implementation does not handle all
  cases of forward references in subcommands; it may sometimes be necessary
  to reorder the subcommands to avoid forward references.

  According to the SQL standard, the owner of a schema always owns all
  objects within it. PostgreSQL allows schemas to contain objects owned by
  users other than the schema owner. This can happen only if the schema owner
  grants the CREATE privilege on his schema to someone else.

SEE ALSO
  ALTER SCHEMA [alter_schema(5)], DROP SCHEMA [drop_schema(l)]

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