CREATE USER

CREATE USER is a SQL statement in the Administration category. Creates a new database user account. The syntax is CREATE USER 'username'@'host' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';. It returns new user. A typical example: CREATE USER 'app_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secure_pass_123'; A close relative is GRANT, which grants specific privileges (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, ALL) to a user on a database/table. A close relative is REVOKE, which removes previously granted privileges from a user. A close relative is SHOW TABLES, which lists all tables in the current or named database. More about this category: Database administration — CREATE DATABASE, GRANT, REVOKE, SHOW, DESCRIBE. Related Administration entries: GRANT, REVOKE, SHOW TABLES, DESCRIBE / DESC, SHOW INDEX, SHOW CREATE TABLE, SHOW DATABASES, SHOW PROCESSLIST. This page is part of the free SQL Reference documentation covering 762+ statements, functions, and clauses, each with syntax, parameters, return values, and examples for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and SQLite.