CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS
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The "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS" statement is used in SQL to create a new table in a database only if a table with the same name does not already exist. This statement ensures that the table is created only once, and avoids errors that occur when trying to create a table with the same name as an existing table.
The syntax for creating a new table with the "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS" statement is as follows:
```
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS table_name (
column1 datatype,
column2 datatype,
column3 datatype,
...
);
```
Here, "table_name" is the name of the table to be created, and "column1", "column2", "column3", etc. are the names of the columns in the table. "datatype" specifies the data type of the column, such as "INT" for integer, "VARCHAR" for text, "DATE" for date, etc.
Example:
```
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS customers (
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(50),
email VARCHAR(50),
phone VARCHAR(15)
);
```
This statement creates a new table called "customers" with four columns: "id", "name", "email", and "phone". The "id" column is defined as the primary key of the table, and the data type of the other columns is specified using the "VARCHAR" keyword. If the "customers" table already exists in the database, this statement will not create a new table, and no error will be thrown.