Specifying the DB to connect with gcloud sql

Question

When connecting to a Google Cloud SQL instance, is there a way to specify the database I want to connect to?

This is the command I execute and the error I get:

Answer 1

gcloud sql connect does not currently allow you to specify the database name. There is a open issue to add it: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/69314375

In the meantime, you can work around this by utilizing the PGDATABASE environment variable:

e.g.

PGDATABASE=mydb gcloud sql connect myinstance

You could create a shell alias to do this for you.