The syntax for creating a table

The syntax for creating a table is as follows:

CREATE TABLE  (
       field1 datatype,
       field2 datatype,
       etc......
);

When splitting over multiple lines within the MySQL command line the continuation indictor(->) will be used.

mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE employee (
    ->     ID INT(2) auto_increment primary key,
    ->     First_name VARCHAR(20),
    ->     Last_name VARCHAR(30),
    ->     Start_date DATE,
    ->     Salary int(6),
    ->     city VARCHAR(20),
    ->     description VARCHAR(20)
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

mysql>
mysql> desc employee;
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field       | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| ID          | int(2)      | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| First_name  | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| Last_name   | varchar(30) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| Start_date  | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| Salary      | int(6)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| city        | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| description | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
7 rows in set (0.05 sec)

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

mysql>