How to Create A PostgreSQL on Neon_A Step by Step Tutorial for Beginners
October 1, 2025 · Mike Murphy
In this tutorial, you will how to setup a Neon Account & Create a PostgreSQL Database & Tables to organize your documents for a future RAG System.
Description
In this tutorial, you will how to setup a Neon Account & Create a PostgreSQL Database & Tables to organize your documents for a future RAG System.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn:
- How To Set Up a New Neon Account
- How To Create New Projects
- What Are Branches?
- How To View & Add Databases & Roles
- How To Add Tables To Database
- How To Add Data To Database
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Neon Docs:
Overview of Neon Databases:
https://neon.com/docs/manage/overview
Managing Databases:
https://neon.com/docs/manage/databases#create-a-database
RAG Tutorial:
https://youtu.be/OB4GZ_WugQI
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✅ Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
01:17 Create Neon Account
01:38 New Project Setup
02:11 Create New Projects
02:29 Neon Org Chart
02:53 Change Org Name
03:16 API Keys
03:33 Branches
03:54 Open Projects
04:06 View All Branches
04:55 View All Databases
05:26 Create New Database
05:50 Database Creation
06:15 Create New Role
06:50 Edit Databases
07:22 Google Sheets
07:53 Create New Table
08:05 Enter Table Name
08:21 Add Column Headers
09:26 Column Order
09:46 Review & Create
10:02 Add Rows & Data
10:40 Save Table
11:11 Row Limits
11:31 Drop (Delete) Tables
11:58 Create Additional Tables
12:44 Outro
12:59 Next Tutorial…pgvector
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🪜 **How To Create New Neon Account & Project
- Visit https://neon.com
- Click ‘Sign Up’
- Sign up using Google Account
- Check Email & Activate Account
- Enter Project Name
- Cloud Service Provider: AWS
- Region: N. Virginia
- Click Create
- Go To Settings & Change Organization Name
🪜 How To Create a PostgreSQL Database on Neon
- Click ‘Branches’ in the sidebar
- Click on ‘Production (default)’ branch
- Click on ‘Roles & Databases’
- Click ‘Add Database’
- Enter Database Name (no hyphens!)
- Select Owner (neondb_owner)
- Click ‘Create’
- Click Plus(+)
- Click ‘Create Table’
- Enter Table Name (mmu_podcast)
- Click ‘Add Columns’ and repeat
- Click ‘Review & Create’
- Click ‘Add Record’
- Add data to cells
- Click ‘Save 1 Change’
- Repeat