def create_table(self, table_name, fail_on_exist=False, timeout=None):
        '''
        Creates a new table in the storage account.

        :param str table_name:
            The name of the table to create. The table name may contain only
            alphanumeric characters and cannot begin with a numeric character.
            It is case-insensitive and must be from 3 to 63 characters long.
        :param bool fail_on_exist:
            Specifies whether to throw an exception if the table already exists.
        :param int timeout:
            The server timeout, expressed in seconds.
        :return:
            A boolean indicating whether the table was created. If fail_on_exist 
            was set to True, this will throw instead of returning false.
        :rtype: bool
        '''
        _validate_not_none('table', table_name)
        request = HTTPRequest()
        request.method = 'POST'
        request.host = self._get_host()
        request.path = '/Tables'
        request.query = [('timeout', _int_to_str(timeout))]
        request.headers = [_DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER,
                           _DEFAULT_PREFER_HEADER,
                           _DEFAULT_ACCEPT_HEADER]
        request.body = _get_request_body(_convert_table_to_json(table_name))

        if not fail_on_exist:
            try:
                self._perform_request(request)
                return True
            except AzureHttpError as ex:
                _dont_fail_on_exist(ex)
                return False
        else:
            self._perform_request(request)
            return True
Creates a new table in the storage account.

        :param str table_name:
            The name of the table to create. The table name may contain only
            alphanumeric characters and cannot begin with a numeric character.
            It is case-insensitive and must be from 3 to 63 characters long.
        :param bool fail_on_exist:
            Specifies whether to throw an exception if the table already exists.
        :param int timeout:
            The server timeout, expressed in seconds.
        :return:
            A boolean indicating whether the table was created. If fail_on_exist 
            was set to True, this will throw instead of returning false.
        :rtype: bool