Go has very rich standard library which also contains database/sql
module with generic interface over SQL databases. Further, lib/pq
PostgreSQL driver is fully compatible with database/sql and provides all basic database operations. However, since this is generic implementation over all supported databases, using it is a trade-off not supporting some PostgreSQL specific features. Fans of PostgreSQL (in further text pg) may want more and here comes pgx
in help. pgx is a very rich pg driver supporting LISTEN / NOTIFY, COPY, type mapping between pg and Go, all specific pg types, wire protocol and much more.
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Go has very rich standard library which also contains database/sql module with generic interface over SQL databases. Further, lib/pq PostgreSQL driver is fully compatible with database/sql and provides all basic database operations. However, since this is generic implementation over all supported databases, using it is a trade-off not supporting some PostgreSQL specific features. Fans of…
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