| From: | Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "mauricejea(at)numericable(dot)fr" <mauricejea(at)numericable(dot)fr>, "pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: 'moving' from one database to another |
| Date: | 2013-08-03 19:20:20 |
| Message-ID: | 1375557620.74674.YahooMailNeo@web162905.mail.bf1.yahoo.com |
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Jean MAURICE <mauricejea(at)numericable(dot)fr> wrote:
> I connect to the database 'postgres'. I can then test if the
> database I want is already built and I build it if not.
>
> But once it is built, can I 'move' from the default database to
> my new database with a command OR must I disconnect from postgres
> and reconnect to my new database ? In Visual Foxpro, we have a
> command "SET DATABASE TO mydatabase" and it is exactly what I
> want to do !
In PostgreSQL a connection is to a particular database. To use a
different database you must establish a new connection. The psql
client software provides an easy way to do that with \c, but behind
the scenes that closes the existing connection and opens a new one.
--
Kevin Grittner
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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