Specifies an identifier for the association between the group of databases being attached (the environment) and the database and request handles that reference them (the connection). The connection name must be unique within your application. Use a literal string enclosed within single quotation marks, for example: CONNECT TO 'ALIAS CORP FILENAME corporate_data' AS 'JULY_CORP_DATA' If you do not specify a connection name, SQL generates a unique connection name. For example: SQL> CONNECT TO cont> 'ATTACH FILENAME mf_personnel'; SQL> SHOW CONNECTIONS RDB$DEFAULT_CONNECTION -> SQL$CONN_00000000