<p>It is a bit of a "chicken or egg" kind of query, but can someone dreamup a query that can return the name of the current database instance in which the query executes? Believe me when I say I understand the paradox: why do you need to know the name of the database instance if you're already connected to execute the query? Auditing in a multi-database environment.</p>

<p>I've looked at all the @@ globals in Books Online. "<code>SELECT @@servername</code>" comes close, but I want the name of the database instance rather than the server.</p>

```
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SELECT DB_NAME()
```
```
Returns the database name.