Is it possible to put a loop inside a CREATE statement?

Question

Hi,
Is it possible to put a for loop inside a Create statement? Obviously, I've tried it and am getting errors, but I just want to know is it at all possible!?
I want to create a dynamic table where the number of fields is dependent on the number of items the user enters!
This is what I have tried, but it tells me:Error #: 204 : illegal start of expression
String createDatabase = "CREATE TABLE " TheTopic
for (int i=0; i < ListBox.getModel().getSize(); i++)
"(Item"+i+" VarChar(20))";
stmt.executeUpdate(createDatabase);
Is there anyother way of doing what I am trying to do?

Answer 1

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Is there anyother way of doing what I am trying to do?You might want to reconsider your design unless you are creating software to manager, rather than use, a database.
If managing then, obviously, the user would want to create tables, delete them, etc.
But if using then managing these tables is going to be a problem. If so you should first examine that you really want to do this. If yes, then consider a meta-data design. A meta design might look like.
    Table_Name
         Table_id
         Table_name
    Table_Field
         Field_id
         Table_id
         Field_name
         Field_type
    Table_Value
         Value_id
         Field_id
         Value_value
With the above instead of creating a new table each time, you just add entries to the first and second tables.