---
title: ATTACH/DETACH
description: "ATTACH and DETACH statements for connecting to external databases in DuckDB."
---

import PartialExample from '../_include-thing-for-parity-with-duckdb.mdx';

<PartialExample thing="The ATTACH and DETACH statements" verb="are" url="https://duckdb.org/docs/stable/sql/statements/attach" linkText="ATTACH/DETACH" />