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title: "Database Element for Configuration (DTA)"
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# Database Element for Configuration (DTA)

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Specifies the database against which you want the Database Engine Tuning Advisor to evaluate the hypothetical configuration (specified by the **Configuration** element).  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
<Server>  
...code removed here...  
    <Database>...</Database>  
```  
  
## Element Characteristics  
  
|Characteristic|Description|  
|--------------------|-----------------|  
|**Data type and length**|None.|  
|**Default value**|None.|  
|**Occurrence**|Required one or more times per **Server** element.|  
  
## Element Relationships  
  
|Relationship|Elements|  
|------------------|--------------|  
|**Parent element**|[Server Element for Configuration &#40;DTA&#41;](../../tools/dta/server-element-for-configuration-dta.md)|  
|**Child elements**|[Name Element for Database &#40;DTA&#41;](../../tools/dta/name-element-for-database-dta.md)<br /><br /> [Schema Element for Database &#40;DTA&#41;](../../tools/dta/schema-element-for-database-dta.md)<br /><br /> [Recommendation Element &#40;DTA&#41;](../../tools/dta/recommendation-element-dta.md)|  
  
## Remarks  
 This element is of the **DatabaseTypecomplexType** name in the Database Engine Tuning Advisor XML schema. Do not confuse this **Database** element with the one whose root parent is the **Server** element, which occurs at the top of the XML input file. For more information, see [Database Element for Server &#40;DTA&#41;](../../tools/dta/database-element-for-server-dta.md).  
  
## Example  
 For a usage example of this **Database** element, see the [XML Input File Sample with User-specified Configuration &#40;DTA&#41;](../../tools/dta/xml-input-file-sample-with-user-specified-configuration-dta.md).  
  
## See Also  
 [XML Input File Reference &#40;Database Engine Tuning Advisor&#41;](../../tools/dta/xml-input-file-reference-database-engine-tuning-advisor.md)