Course Relational Database I can't connect to the database

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Course Relational Database
Topic Learn Relational Databases by Building a Database of Video Game Characters
Checking the name I’m working under, it shows this - gitpod. Trying to connect to PostgreSQL shows this error.

camper: /project$ psql --gitpod --postgres
psql: unrecognized option ‘–gitpod’

I tried to change the name in my personal cabinet nothing has changed, the error is the same. How can I find out under what name I work at all. Can I change my name as in my personal cabinet?
What username should I use and where do I look for it?

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that is not how to connect to postgres, the command is psql --username=[username] --dbname=[database_name]

click the hint, it should tell you which username and database name to use

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Checking the name I’m working under, it shows this - gitpod. Trying to connect to PostgreSQL shows this error.
camper: /project$ psql --gitpod --postgres
psql: unrecognized option ‘–gitpod’

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how are you checking the name? usually it’s set up as freecodecamp

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I used the help menu
-d, --dbname=DBNAME database name to connect to (default: “postgres”)
-U, --username=USERNAME database user name (default: “gitpod”)
And with the command
whoami
The name was gitpod.

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Thanks for the help, the question is no longer relevant, I figured it out.