In a shared environment I think it is correct to make each application only have access to its own database and not be able to create a database. Check with the supplier of the shared environment how you do to get a new database up and running. An easy option to get it properly initialized is to send a backup of the db to the server's administrator and ask for the backup to be restored.
The problem here doesn't necessarily appear to be your code.
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