go get github.com/lib/pq
- 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 (to use, see GoDoc)
go test
is used for testing. See TESTS.md for more details.
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.