CREATE DATABASE name [ [ WITH ] [ OWNER [=] user_name ] [ TEMPLATE [=] template ] [ ENCODING [=] encoding ] [ LC_COLLATE [=] lc_collate ] [ LC_CTYPE [=] lc_ctype ] [ TABLESPACE [=] tablespace ] [ CONNECTION LIMIT [=] connlimit ] ] Example: CREATE DATABASE name WITH OWNER username ENCODING utf8;