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Connect to This PostgreSQL Database on Linux
You are working as a System Administrator and have been tasked with querying a running PostgreSQL instance. You will need to run two queries: one to find the name of the user with an *ID* of **3**, and another to find the *ID* of the user with the name **David**.
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Challenge
Connect to the Database
As this database is behind a firewall, you must first connect to the server using SSH.
After connecting to the server via SSH, you can connect to the database using the
psqlclient:sudo -u postgres psql demo -
Challenge
Print the Name of the User with an ID of 3
select name from users where ID = 3; -
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Print the ID of the User Named David
select ID from users where name = 'David';
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