title Name Element for Database (DTA) description In the dta utility, the Name element for Database specifies the name of a database that you want to tune. author rwestMSFT ms.author randolphwest ms.date 03/01/2017 ms.service sql ms.subservice tools-other ms.topic reference ms.collection data-tools helpviewer_keywords Name element dev_langs XML Name Element for Database (DTA) [!INCLUDE SQL Server] Specifies the name of a database that you want to tune. Syntax <Server> <Database> <Name>...</Name> Element Characteristics Characteristic Description Data type and length string, unlimited length. Default value None. Occurrence Required once per Database element. Element Relationships Relationship Elements Parent element Database Element for Server (DTA) Child elements None. Example For a usage example of this element, see Server Element (DTA). See Also XML Input File Reference (Database Engine Tuning Advisor)