title: Connect to database with Amazon Redshift
body: <p>Trying to do something really simple, not sure why it's not working.</p>
  
  <p>I downloaded SQL workbench and connected to my Redshift driver. Connection is fine. I created a database using <code>CREATE DATABASE dbexample</code></p>
  
  <p>Now I'm trying to connect to the database. I've tried <code>\c dbexample</code> and <code>\connect dbexample</code> and am getting the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>An error occurred when executing the SQL command:
  \connect dbname
  
  [Amazon](500310) Invalid operation: syntax error at or near "\" 
  Position: 1;
  
  \connect dbname
  ^
  1 statement failed.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Anyone know why it's not connecting? </p>