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Programming language: Go
License: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Latest version: v1.9.0
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README
pq - A pure Go postgres driver for Go's database/sql package
Install
go get github.com/lib/pq
Features
- SSL
- Handles bad connections for
database/sql
- Scan
time.Time
correctly (i.e.timestamp[tz]
,time[tz]
,date
) - Scan binary blobs correctly (i.e.
bytea
) - Package for
hstore
support - COPY FROM support
- pq.ParseURL for converting urls to connection strings for sql.Open.
- Many libpq compatible environment variables
- Unix socket support
- Notifications:
LISTEN
/NOTIFY
- pgpass support
- GSS (Kerberos) auth
Tests
go test
is used for testing. See [TESTS.md](TESTS.md) for more details.
Status
This package is effectively in maintenance mode and is not actively developed. Small patches and features are only rarely reviewed and merged. We recommend using pgx which is actively maintained.