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Section {ATTACH DATABASE} attach {attached *ATTACH}

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<p> ^The ATTACH DATABASE statement adds another database 
file to the current [database connection]. 
Database files that were previously attached can be removed using
the [DETACH DATABASE] command.

<p>^The filename for the database to be attached is the value of
the expression that occurs before the AS keyword.
^The filename of the database follows the same semantics as the
filename argument to [sqlite3_open()] and [sqlite3_open_v2()]; the
special name "[:memory:]" results in an [in-memory database] and an
empty string results in a new temporary database.
^The filename argument can be a [URI filename] if URI filename processing
is enable on the database connection.  The default behavior is for