On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 5:16 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> > > > > You hallucinated a dash in front of the bustrac. psql bustract is a > > perfectly valid psql command. User gets inferred from the OS user. > > As in?: > > psql -d test -U postgres bustrac > Well no, that is the specification of -U is the exact opposite of "user gets inferred from the OS user". psql: warning: extra command-line argument "bustrac" ignored > psql (16.3 (Ubuntu 16.3-1.pgdg22.04+1), server 15.7 (Ubuntu > 15.7-1.pgdg22.04+1)) > Type "help" for help. > > test=# > > In which case bustrac is ignored. > > You are missing the fact that bustrac is the name of the database so when you specify the -d option you are being redundant and being told that by psql. psql [option...] [dbname [username]] You like to specify both dbname and username via options but as shown one can also use arguments. David J.
