Creating a Database
The easiest way to create a database is to use Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio, which provides a graphical front end to the Transact-SQL commands and stored procedures that actually create the database and set its properties. Figure 4-1 shows the New Database dialog box, which represents the Transact-SQL CREATE DATABASE command for creating a new user database. Only someone with the appropriate permissions can create a database, either through Object Explorer or by using the CREATE DATABASE command. This includes anyone in the sysadmin role, anyone who has been granted CONTROL or ALTER permission on the server, and any user who has been granted CREATE DATABASE permission by someone with the sysadmin or dbcreator ...
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