Synopsis

Values:Any valid database name up to 8 characters

Default:NULL

Multiple Instances:Must have the same value, or else the same value must be specified in STARTUP OPEN db_name or ALTER DATABASE db_name MOUNT.

Specifies a database identifier of up to eight characters. This parameter is optional, but if used, the name specified must correspond to the name specified in the CREATE DATABASE statement. If this parameter is not used, a database name must appear on either the STARTUP or the ALTER DATABASE MOUNT command line for each instance of the parallel server. The following are the only valid characters usable in a database name: alphabetic and numeric characters, underscore ( _ ), pound (#), and dollar symbol ($). Double quotation marks are removed before processing the database name, and they cannot be used to embed other characters in the name. The name is not case-sensitive; lowercase letters are interchangeable with their uppercase counterparts.