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

In the meanwhile the beta version of the gcloud sql connect command has added support for a --database=<dbname> flag

Entire command:
gcloud beta sql connect INSTANCE [--database=DATABASE, -d DATABASE] [--user=USER, -u USER] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/beta/sql/connect

Answer 2

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.