Start using PostgreSQL
Connect with psql
Open a PostgreSQL command-line session and identify the server, database, and role used by the connection.
8 minute lesson
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Start with the maintenance database that PostgreSQL creates:
psql postgresInside psql, inspect the real connection:
\conninfo
SELECT version();A complete connection can specify a host, port, role, and database. The psql client is not the server. It is one program that talks to it.
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