- # pq - A pure Go postgres driver for Go's database/sql package
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- [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/lib/pq?status.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/lib/pq?tab=doc)
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- ## Install
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- go get github.com/lib/pq
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- ## Features
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- * 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
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- ## Tests
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- `go test` is used for testing. See [TESTS.md](TESTS.md) for more details.
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- ## Status
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- 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](https://github.com/jackc/pgx) which is actively maintained.
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