Name

DATABASE( )

Synopsis

DATABASE( )

This function returns the name of the database currently in use for the session. There are no arguments. If no database has been set to default yet, it returns NULL; prior to Version 4.1.1 of MySQL, it returns an empty string.

SELECT DATABASE( );
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