Question

I have an SQL file which I am executing on an SQL Server instance which contains the schema for a database. The file creates a brand new database (as in, a database with this name does not exist on this server):

CREATE DATABASE PROJECT;

and begins to create a relation:

CREATE TABLE Courses (
  CourseID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
  Name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
  Code CHAR(4) NOT NULL UNIQUE
);

...

and here is what SQL Server tells me right off the bat:

Msg 2714, Level 16, State 6, Line 3
There is already an object named 'Courses' in the database.

Any idea why SQL Server tells me that there already exists a relation by the name of Courses when clearly there isn’t?

Thank you for your time.

Answer 1

Check the database if you are using PROJECT

CREATE DATABASE PROJECT
GO

USE PROJECT
GO

CREATE TABLE Courses 
(
  CourseID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
  Name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
  Code CHAR(4) NOT NULL UNIQUE
)
GO