# Set Connection command

The `Set Connection` command specifies which connection to make current when more than one connection is open.

Use the `Show Connections` command to display open connections.

If there is no such connection, an error results and the current connection is unchanged.

## Syntax

    SET CONNECTION Identifier

## Example

    ij> protocol 'jdbc:derby:';
    ij> connect 'sample' as sample1;
    ij> connect 'newDB;create=true' as newDB;
    ij (NEWDB)> show connections;
    SAMPLE1 -    jdbc:derby:sample
    NEWDB* -    jdbc:derby:newDB;create=true
    * = current connection
    ij(NEWDB)> set connection sample1;
    ij(SAMPLE1)> disconnect all;
    ij>

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