Use a CREATE TABLE statement to specify the layout of your table: : Create Table « Table « MySQL Tutorial

mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE myTable (
    -> id           int,
    -> first_name   VARCHAR(20),
    -> last_name    VARCHAR(20),
    -> sex          CHAR(1),
    -> start_date   DATE,
    -> end_date     DATE);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)

mysql>
mysql> show tables;
+----------------+
| Tables_in_test |
+----------------+
| mytable        |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> describe myTable;
+------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field      | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| id         | int(11)     | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| first_name | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| last_name  | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| sex        | char(1)     | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| start_date | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| end_date   | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> drop table myTable;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>

4.1.Create Table
	4.1.1.	The syntax for creating a table
	4.1.2.	Creating Tables with AUTO_INCREMENT and NOT NULL column
	4.1.3.	Use a CREATE TABLE statement to specify the layout of your table:
	4.1.4.	'IF NOT EXISTS' parameter can be used to check if a table exists before you actually create it
	4.1.5.	CREATE TABLE table_name (column_name field_type [NULL\|NOT NULL],KEY col_index(column_name));
	4.1.6.	TYPE=MYISAM
	4.1.7.	Copy a table with Create ... Select statement
	4.1.8.	Create a table by UNION another table
	4.1.9.	Creating table with Foreign key
	4.1.10.	Creating a Table with an Index
	4.1.11.	Table and Column Definition with character and collate
	4.1.12.	The CHARACTER SET attribute specifies the character set, and the COLLATE attribute specifies a collation for the character set