# **CREATE ROLE**

## **Grammar Description**

Create a new role in the system.

After you create a role, you can grant permissions to that role, and then grant the role to another role or to a single user.

## **Grammar Structure**

```sql
CREATE ROLE [IF NOT EXISTS] role [, role ] ...
```

## **Example**

```sql
create role role role;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)
```