THE CLOUD EXPEDITION! · Chapter 4
A Room of One's Own
Captain Cloudsworth puffs his chest and points to the sky. Youve explored others data long enough — time to build YOUR OWN research station in the cloud! He pulls out a blueprint scroll with MY EXPEDITION scrawled across it. One command and youll have a real database, living in your MotherDuck account. Time to master Database Creation — creating your own cloud database on MotherDuck.
Your task
Create your own cloud database and verify it exists. Run <code>CREATE OR REPLACE DATABASE</code> to set up your research station, then <code>SHOW DATABASES</code> to confirm it's live. Run both statements together — the result from the final statement is what gets validated.<br><br><b>Note:</b> This creates a real database in YOUR MotherDuck account. <code>CREATE OR REPLACE</code> gives you a clean start on replay — though if you've already published a share from it in a later level, you'll be prompted to drop that share first, since MotherDuck won't replace a database a share points at.