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How to Create A PostgreSQL on Neon_A Step by Step Tutorial for Beginners

October 1, 2025 ·

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

  1. Visit https://neon.com
  2. Click ‘Sign Up’
  3. Sign up using Google Account
  4. Check Email & Activate Account
  5. Enter Project Name
  6. Cloud Service Provider: AWS
  7. Region: N. Virginia
  8. Click Create
  9. Go To Settings & Change Organization Name

🪜 How To Create a PostgreSQL Database on Neon

  1. Click ‘Branches’ in the sidebar
  2. Click on ‘Production (default)’ branch
  3. Click on ‘Roles & Databases’
  4. Click ‘Add Database’
  5. Enter Database Name (no hyphens!)
  6. Select Owner (neondb_owner)
  7. Click ‘Create’
  8. Click Plus(+)
  9. Click ‘Create Table’
  10. Enter Table Name (mmu_podcast)
  11. Click ‘Add Columns’ and repeat
  12. Click ‘Review & Create’
  13. Click ‘Add Record’
  14. Add data to cells
  15. Click ‘Save 1 Change’
  16. Repeat

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