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Determine the name of the database you are connected to

To get the name of the current database:

select db_name(dbid) from master..sysprocesses where spid=@@SPID

alternately:

sp_who @@SPID

will give the name of the current database and other information about the current user.

These notes have been tested against SQL Server 7 and SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.

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