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CREATE DATABASE <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>;
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   where <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> follows the usual rules for
   <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> identifiers.  The current role automatically
   becomes the owner of the new database. It is the privilege of the
   owner of a database to remove it later (which also removes all
   