* <code>CREATE DATABASE xmark http://files.basex.org/xml/xmark.xml</code><br/>creates the database <code>input</code> with the remote file xmark.xml as initial content.
* <code>CREATE DATABASE coll /path/to/input</code><br/>creates the database <code>coll</code> with all documents from the <code>input</code> directory as initial content.
* <code>SET INTPARSE false;CREATE DB input input.xml</code><br/>creates a database <code>input</code>, using Java's [[Parsers#XML Parsers|default XML parser]].
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