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toc_title: DATABASE
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# CREATE DATABASE {#query-language-create-database}
Creates a new database.
``` sql
CREATE DATABASE [IF NOT EXISTS] db_name [ON CLUSTER cluster] [ENGINE = engine(...)]
```
## Clauses {#clauses}
### IF NOT EXISTS {#if-not-exists}
If the `db_name` database already exists, then ClickHouse doesnt create a new database and:
- Doesnt throw an exception if clause is specified.
- Throws an exception if clause isnt specified.
### ON CLUSTER {#on-cluster}
ClickHouse creates the `db_name` database on all the servers of a specified cluster. More details in a [Distributed DDL](../../../sql-reference/distributed-ddl.md) article.
### ENGINE {#engine}
[MySQL](../../../engines/database-engines/mysql.md) allows you to retrieve data from the remote MySQL server. By default, ClickHouse uses its own [database engine](../../../engines/database-engines/index.md). Theres also a [lazy](../../../engines/database-engines/lazy.md) engine.