# addDatabase

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Sql](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.sql.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds an Azure SQL Database to the application model. The Free Offer option will be used when deploying the resource in Azure

## Definition

```typescript
interface AzureSqlServerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addDatabase(
    name: string,
    databaseName?: string): AzureSqlDatabaseResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `databaseName` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

[AzureSqlDatabaseResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.sql/azuresqldatabaseresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [AzureSqlServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.sql/azuresqlserverresource.md)