SQLite Java: Create a New Table

Summary: in this tutorial, you will learn how to create a new table in an SQLite database from a Java program using SQLite JDBC Driver.

To create a new table in a specific database, you use the following steps:

1. First, prepare a CREATE TABLE statement to create the table you want.
2. Second, connect to the database.
3. Third, create a new instance of the Statement class from a Connection object.
4. Fourth, execute the CREATE TABLE statement by calling the executeUpdate() method of the Statement object.

The following program illustrates the steps of creating a table.

package net.sqlitetutorial;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

/**
 *
 * @author sqlitetutorial.net
 */
public class Main {

    /**
     * Create a new table in the test database
     *
     */
    public static void createNewTable() {
        // SQLite connection string
        String url = "jdbc:sqlite:C://sqlite/db/tests.db";
        
        // SQL statement for creating a new table
        String sql = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS warehouses (\n"
                + "	id integer PRIMARY KEY,\n"
                + "	name text NOT NULL,\n"
                + "	capacity real\n"
                + ");";
        
        try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
                Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
            // create a new table
            stmt.execute(sql);
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        createNewTable();
    }

}

In this tutorial, you have learned how to create a new table in an SQLite database from a Java program using the SQLite JDBC driver.