Ian,

<< I guess I am a little closer.  I now get the following..
"ElevateDB Error #300 Cannot lock the database DBiWorkflow for exclusive access." >>

You can't alter a database if it's open, so it's usually best to make sure that all database components are closed and that you use this method:

https://www.elevatesoft.com/manual?action=viewmethod&id=edb2&product=rsdelphiwin32&version=10T&comp=TEDBSession&method=Execute

in order to create the database so that you don't accidentally re-open it by trying to execute the ALTER DATABASE using a TEDBDatabase component that is pointing to the same database that you're trying to alter.

More information:

https://www.elevatesoft.com/manual?action=viewtopic&id=edb2&product=rsdelphiwin32&version=10T&topic=Creating_Configuration_Objects

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com