==OPEN==
{{Mark|Updated with Version 10:}} {{Code|path}} argument dropped.
{| width='100%'
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|width='130'|'''Syntax'''
|{{Code|OPEN [name] ([path])}}
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| '''XML Syntax'''
|<code><open name='...' (path='...')/></code>
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| '''Permission'''
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| '''Summary'''
|Opens the database specified by {{Code|name}}. The documents to be opened can be specified by the [path] argument.
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| '''Errors'''
|The command fails if the specified database does not exist, is currently being updated by another process , or cannot be opened for some other reason.
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;Version 10
* Updated: {{Command|CREATE BACKUP}}, {{Command|SHOW BACKUPS}}: Support for comments.
* Updated: {{Command|OPEN}}: {{Code|path}} argument dropped.
;Version 9.7