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Documentation SurrealQL Statements USE statement

USE statement

The USE statement specifies a namespace and / or a database to use for the subsequent SurrealQL statements.

Statement syntax

USE [ NS @ns ] [ DB @db ];

Example usage

The following queries show example usage of this statement:

USE NS test; -- Switch to the 'test' Namespace
USE DB test; -- Switch to the 'test' Database
USE NS test DB test; -- Switch to the 'test' Namespace and 'test' Database