Hi Adrian, Thanks for the response. The situation is more like the following:
Using the JDBC driver, I connect to database TEST1 and immediately, without having to pass username credentials again, I want to use database TEST2. In MySQL, you can simply run: use TEST2. Wondering if PostgreSQL has something similar. Thanks, Frank From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@gmail.com> To: Frank Cavaliero/Boston/IBM@IBMUS Cc: pgsql-gene...@postgresql.org, pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Date: 02/25/2013 01:48 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Use, Set Catalog and JDBC questions On 02/25/2013 10:22 AM, Frank Cavaliero wrote: > Hi, > > I have an application that requires to connect to each database > available in PostgreSQL. I have the following questions: > > > 1. Is there a USE DATABASE command or something of the sort (similar to > MySQL) that allows you to quickly connect to a database without having > to reconnect using the username,password and database again ? In Java, > we are using set catalog to do this in MySQL. > > 2. Based on #1 above, would the latest JDBC driver support the ability > to create this type of connection? Not sure if this will do what want?: http://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/91/datasource.html#ds-intro > > > Thanks, > Frank > > /Database Administrator/ > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.kla...@gmail.com