The SQL Reference of the OrientDB database provides several commands to create, alter, and drop databases.
The following statement is a basic syntax of Create Database command.
CREATE DATABASE <database-url> [<user> <password> <storage-type> [<db-type>]]
Following are the details about the options in the above syntax.
<database-url> − Defines the URL of the database. URL contains two parts, one is <mode> and the second one is <path>.
<mode> − Defines the mode, i.e. local mode or remote mode.
<path> − Defines the path to the database.
<user> − Defines the user you want to connect to the database.
<password> − Defines the password for connecting to the database.
<storage-type> − Defines the storage types. You can choose between PLOCAL and MEMORY.
Example
You can use the following command to create a local database named demo.
Orientdb> CREATE DATABASE PLOCAL:/opt/orientdb/databses/demo
If the database is successfully created, you will get the following output.
Database created successfully.
Current database is: plocal: /opt/orientdb/databases/demo
orientdb {db = demo}>