Optional blockingOptional dataUsed for "database" commands to enforce type checking.
Private loggerMaximum number of parameters allowed. -1 for no maximum.
Minimum number of parameters require.
Optional pubUsed when PUB/SUB is in effect.
Optional signSign is used in commands with a compliment command. The only current example is INCR/DECR. Sign is 1 for INCR and -1 for DECR
Optional txUsed in transactions to enqueue a command.
Every command must implement the execute method.
Available since 1.0.0.
SELECT index
Out of the box, every Redis instance supports 16 databases. The database index is the number you see at the end of a Redis URL: redis://localhost:6379/0 . The default database is 0 but you can change that to any number from 0-15
Select the Redis logical database having the specified zero-based numeric index. New connections always use the database 0.
Selectable Redis databases are a form of namespacing: all databases are still persisted in the same RDB / AOF file. However different databases can have keys with the same name, and commands like FLUSHDB, See: SWAPDB - (not implemented) or RANDOMKEY work on specific databases.
In practical terms, Redis databases should be used to separate different keys belonging to the same application (if needed), and not to use a single Redis instance for multiple unrelated applications.
When using Redis Cluster, the SELECT command cannot be used, since Redis Cluster only supports database zero. In the case of a Redis Cluster, having multiple databases would be useless and an unnecessary source of complexity. Commands operating atomically on a single database would not be possible with the Redis Cluster design and goals.
Since the currently selected database is a property of the connection, clients should track the currently selected database and re-select it on reconnection. While there is no command in order to query the selected database in the current connection, the CLIENT LIST output shows, for each client, the currently selected database.
Return value Simple string reply