How to switch database using PostgreSQL
Published Jan 02 2020
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Inside psql, you always have one active database, where you are “into”. By default it’s the one you connect to in the first place. When you run:
psql postgresyou’ll connect to the postgres database.
To switch database, use the \connect command, or \c:
PostgreSQL will close the connection to the previous database you were connected to, and will connect to the new one you specified.
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