CREATE DATABASE [database]
{ CONTROLFILE REUSE
| LOGFILE [GROUP integer] filespec [, [GROUP integer] filespec]...
| MAXLOGFILES integer
| MAXLOGMEMBERS integer
| MAXLOGHISTORY integer
| MAXDATAFILES integer
| MAXINSTANCES integer
| { ARCHIVELOG | NOARCHIVELOG }
| CHARACTER SET charset
| NATIONAL CHARACTER SET charset
| DATAFILE filespec [autoextend_clause] [, filespec [autoextend_clause]]...
| default_temp_tablespace
| undo_tablespace_clause
| SET STANDBY DATABASE { PROTECTED | UNPROTECTED }
| set_time_zone_clause
}...
;

For information on the symbols and conventions of Backus-Naur Form (BNF) syntax, see Appendix A.