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ORIGINAL_DB_NAME (Transact-SQL) |
ORIGINAL_DB_NAME (Transact-SQL) |
VanMSFT |
vanto |
03/06/2017 |
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[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance]
Returns the database name specified by the user in the database connection string. This database is specified by using the sqlcmd-d option (USE database). It can also be specified with the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) data source expression (initial catalog =databasename).
This database is different from the default user database.
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ORIGINAL_DB_NAME ()
If the initial database isn't specified, the function returns an empty string.