README.md

Documentation: github.com/lib/pq

     1# pq - A pure Go postgres driver for Go's database/sql package
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     3[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/lib/pq?status.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/lib/pq?tab=doc)
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     5## Install
     6
     7	go get github.com/lib/pq
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     9## Features
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    11* SSL
    12* Handles bad connections for `database/sql`
    13* Scan `time.Time` correctly (i.e. `timestamp[tz]`, `time[tz]`, `date`)
    14* Scan binary blobs correctly (i.e. `bytea`)
    15* Package for `hstore` support
    16* COPY FROM support
    17* pq.ParseURL for converting urls to connection strings for sql.Open.
    18* Many libpq compatible environment variables
    19* Unix socket support
    20* Notifications: `LISTEN`/`NOTIFY`
    21* pgpass support
    22* GSS (Kerberos) auth
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    24## Tests
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    26`go test` is used for testing.  See [TESTS.md](TESTS.md) for more details.
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    28## Status
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    30This package is currently in maintenance mode, which means:
    311.   It generally does not accept new features.
    322.   It does accept bug fixes and version compatability changes provided by the community.
    333.   Maintainers usually do not resolve reported issues.
    344.   Community members are encouraged to help each other with reported issues.
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    36For users that require new features or reliable resolution of reported bugs, we recommend using [pgx](https://github.com/jackc/pgx) which is under active development.
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