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# pq - A pure Go postgres driver for Go's database/sql package
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[](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
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* Handles bad connections for `database/sql`
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* Scan `time.Time` correctly (i.e. `timestamp[tz]`, `time[tz]`, `date`)
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* Scan binary blobs correctly (i.e. `bytea`)
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* Package for `hstore` support
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* COPY FROM support
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* pq.ParseURL for converting urls to connection strings for sql.Open.
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* Many libpq compatible environment variables
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* Unix socket support
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* Notifications: `LISTEN`/`NOTIFY`
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* pgpass support
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* 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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