Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Startup Command and Parameter Reference

> ## Physical Database Name (-db)

> Use Physical Database Name (`-db`) to connect one or more OpenEdge databases.

> Operating system and syntax | UNIX Windows | `-db` `physical-dbname`
> Use with | Maximum value | Minimum value | Single-user default | Multi-user default
> Client Connection | – | – | – | –

> ``physical-dbname``

> The database to connect to when an OpenEdge session is started. Specify the physical (not the logical) database name. If you are connecting in single-user mode or through shared memory, and the database is not in your current directory, you must specify the full path of the database.

> Use Single-user Mode (-1) after the name of the database to connect in single-user mode. You do not have to precede the first database on the command line with `-db`; however, for all subsequent databases that you want to connect, precede the database name with `-db`. For example, the following command connects two databases, `abc` and `xyz`:

>     pro abc -B 30 -db xyz -B 40

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