Database functions carry out database management tasks, and retrieve and modify database information structures.
| Function | Description |
| EssBeginDataload() | Starts sending an update specification to the active database. |
| EssClearDatabase() | Clears all loaded data in the active database. |
| EssCommitDatabase() | Forces all data blocks in the active database to be written to disk. |
| EssCopyDatabase() | Copies an existing database, either on the client or the server, to a new database, including all associated databases and objects. |
| EssCreateDatabase() | Creates a new database within an application, on client or server. |
| EssDeleteDatabase() | Deletes an existing database from an application, on client or server. |
| EssEndDataload() | Marks the end of an update specification being sent to the active database. |
| EssGetCurrencyRateInfo() | Gets a list of structures containing rate information for all members of the tagged currency partition dimension in the active database outline. |
| EssGetDatabaseInfo() | Gets a database's information structure, which contains non user-configurable parameters for the database. |
| EssGetDatabaseInfoEx() | Gets information for one or more databases. |
| EssGetDatabaseNote() | Gets a database's note-of-the-day message. |
| EssGetDatabaseState() | Gets a database's state structure, which contains user-configurable parameters for the database. |
| EssGetDatabaseStats() | Gets the active database's Stats structure, which contains statistical information about the database. |
| EssListCurrencyDatabases() | Lists all currency databases within a specific application that are accessible to the caller. |
| EssListDatabases() | Lists all databases that are accessible to the caller, either within a specific application, or on an entire server. |
| EssLoadDatabase() | Starts a database within an application on the server. |
| EssRenameDatabase() | Renames an existing database within an application, on client or server. |
| EssSetDatabaseNote() | Sets a database's note-of-the-day message. |
| EssSetDatabaseState() | Sets user-configurable parameters for the database using the database's state structure. |
| EssUnloadDatabase() | Stops a database within an application on the server. |
| EssValidateDB() | Checks the database for data integrity. |