Database Names

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A database name is a name you associate with the location of a dictionary and its data files; it is also the table qualifier.

Database names are stored in the database names configuration file (DBNAMES.CFG). If you add a primary key, foreign key, or trigger to a table, the database name is also written to the data file associated with the table. Bound named databases also force the database name to be written to the data file for every table in the database.

For more information about bound databases, refer to the Pervasive.SQL Programmer's Guide. For more conceptual and task information regarding database names and concepts, see the following topic in Advanced Operations Guide: Pervasive.SQL Databases.

Database names must follow these conventions:

• Begin with a letter.
• Cannot contain blanks.
• Cannot contain any of the following characters

  \ / : * ? " < > |

• Cannot be a reserved keyword.
• Must not exceed 20 characters.
• Database names are not case-sensitive.