# addDatabase

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

Adds a SQL Server database resource

## Definition

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

## Parameters

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

## Returns

[SqlServerDatabaseResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.sqlserver/sqlserverdatabaseresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [SqlServerServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.sqlserver/sqlserverserverresource.md)