Syntax option: NUMBER OF USERS IS number-users Limits the maximum number of users allowed to access the database at one time. Specify this clause only if the database named in the ALTER DATABASE statement refers to a multifile database. The default is 50 users. After the maximum is reached, the next user who tries to invoke the database receives an error message and must wait. The maximum number of users you can specify is 16368 and the minimum is 1 user. Note that number of users is defined as the number of active attachments to the database. Therefore, if a single process is running one program but that program performs 12 attach operations, the process is responsible for 12 active users. If you use the ALTER DATABASE statement to change the current number of users, the change is not journaled. Therefore, back up your database before making such a change.