The utility routines each process one database. The name of the database can generally be transferred by means of the link name DATABASE. When assignment takes place using ADD-FILE-LINK or SET-FILE-LINK, the file name of the DBDIR of the database concerned can also be specified as FILE-NAME, e.g. in order to identify the shadow database unambiguously.
Especially in the case of utility routines which use the linked-in DBH, the database name is also the configuration name. This name is also transferred by means of the link name DATABASE (see link assignment DATABASE for the configuration name of the DBH starting on "Starting DBH").
When an online utility routine (UDS online utility, ONLINE-PRIVACY) is used, the link name DATABASE is used only to assign the name of the DBH configuration. The database which must be processed here is determined using the OPEN-DATABASE statement or by means of an unambiguous subschema name.