What permission is required for a MySQL user to create a database?

Question

Is it possible for a user other than root to create a database?

 GRANT SELECT, CREATE ON *.* TO \'myguy\'@\'thatmachine\' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD \'*12057DFA2         


        

Answer 1

Absolutely you can. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/privileges-provided.html#priv_create