INFORMATICS

Database SQL Prompt

Assume you have already launched your PostgreSQL client and you have landed at the following SQL prompt −

postgres=#

You can check the available database list using \l, i.e., backslash el command as follows −

postgres-# \l

OS Command Prompt

You can select your database from the command prompt itself at the time when you login to your database. Following is a simple example −

psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgress testdb