DB_ID (TSQL Function)

Returns the ID of the database.

Syntax

DB_ID ( ['database_name'] )

Arguments

‘database_name’
optional argument, of type varchar. If omitted, the ID of the current database is returned.

Return Types

Returns bigint.

Remarks

Returns NULL if the database doesn’t exist.

Examples

PRINT DB_ID();
PRINT DB_ID('trashdb');
PRINT DB_ID('non_existent_database');

The result is:

106
100
<NULL>
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