pgx VS sqlx

Compare pgx vs sqlx and see what are their differences.

pgx

PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go (by jackc)

sqlx

general purpose extensions to golang's database/sql (by jmoiron)
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pgx

Posts with mentions or reviews of pgx. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-06.
  • The DDD Hamburger for Go
    2 projects | dev.to | 6 Jan 2024
    The infrastructure layer contains the concrete implementation of the repository domain interface ActivityRepository in the struct DbActivityRepository. This repository implementation uses the Postgres driver pgx and plain SQL to store the activity in the database. It uses the database transaction from the context, since the transaction was initiated by the application service.
  • Building RESTful API with Hexagonal Architecture in Go
    21 projects | dev.to | 27 Sep 2023
    For building the RESTful Point of Sale service API, I've considered and selected a combination of technologies that would work seamlessly together. For handling HTTP requests and responses, using the Gin HTTP web framework would make sense because I think it seems complete and popular among Go community too. To ensure data integrity and persistence, I'm using PostgreSQL database with pgx as the database driver, the reason I choose PostgreSQL because it is the most popular relational database to use in production and offers efficient Go integration. I'm also implementing caching using Redis with go-redis client library, which provides powerful in-memory data storage capabilities.
  • Working with postgres in GO.
    2 projects | /r/golang | 3 Jul 2023
    If you are willing to commit to working only with Postgres, I highly recommend pgx. Be sure you get the latest version github.com/jackc/pgx/v5. This gives you the full power of interacting with Postgres without going through an intermediate lowest-common-denominator library.
  • How to Use Iris and PostgreSQL for Web Development
    6 projects | dev.to | 2 Jul 2023
    It uses pg package and pgx driver under the hood.
  • Could I get a code review?
    11 projects | /r/golang | 1 Jun 2023
    Starting off, is there any reason you're calling out to the CLI, instead of just using a Postgres driver like pgx? Shelling out to the command line should always be a last resort where possible as a software engineer.
  • Why elixir over Golang
    10 projects | /r/elixir | 29 May 2023
    For maintaining state I use PostgreSQL. Driver: https://github.com/jackc/pgx (I use the pgxpools) Along with Sqlc for generating database models and allowing me to focus on just building queries in DBeaver. https://sqlc.dev/
  • Zig now has built-in HTTP server and client in std
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 May 2023
    Except pgx recommends using their native interface, not database/sql, for performance and extra features [0], so it's not that simple in practice.

    [0]: https://github.com/jackc/pgx#choosing-between-the-pgx-and-da...

  • Go Roadmap
    2 projects | /r/golang | 5 May 2023
    pgx is “PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go”. Take a look at https://github.com/jackc/pgx
  • sql.DB connection TTLs + aws rds postgresql
    2 projects | /r/golang | 4 May 2023
    the postgres pgx driver supports this usecase: https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/676
  • Tools besides Go for a newbie
    36 projects | /r/golang | 26 Mar 2023
    IDE: use whatever make you productive. I personally use vscode. VCS: git, as golang communities use github heavily as base for many libraries. AFAIK Linter: use staticcheck for linting as it looks like mostly used linting tool in go, supported by many also. In Vscode it will be recommended once you install go plugin. Libraries/Framework: actually the standard libraries already included many things you need, decent enough for your day-to-day development cycles(e.g. `net/http`). But here are things for extra: - Struct fields validator: validator - Http server lib: chi router , httprouter , fasthttp (for non standard http implementations, but fast) - Web Framework: echo , gin , fiber , beego , etc - Http client lib: most already covered by stdlib(net/http), so you rarely need extra lib for this, but if you really need some are: resty - CLI: cobra - Config: godotenv , viper - DB Drivers: sqlx , postgre , sqlite , mysql - nosql: redis , mongodb , elasticsearch - ORM: gorm , entgo , sqlc(codegen) - JS Transpiler: gopherjs - GUI: fyne - grpc: grpc - logging: zerolog - test: testify , gomock , dockertest - and many others you can find here

sqlx

Posts with mentions or reviews of sqlx. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-14.
  • Python: Just Write SQL
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Aug 2023
    We've always used https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx which is just the standard package + mapping to/from structs.
  • Golang equivalent of MyBatis/iBatis
    4 projects | /r/golang | 3 Jul 2023
    You can use this https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx
  • REST API with Go, Chi, MySQL and sqlx
    6 projects | dev.to | 23 Jun 2023
    I will be using sqlx to execute queries and map columns to struct fields and vice versa, sqlx is a library which provides a set of extensions on go's standard database/sql library.
  • PHP to Golang
    9 projects | /r/golang | 3 Jun 2023
  • Best sqlc alternative for dynamic queries?
    8 projects | /r/golang | 15 May 2023
    sqlx + squirrel ftw
  • Does Go, has something similar to Laravel eloquent (ORM) ?
    7 projects | /r/golang | 11 Apr 2023
    I'd rather suggest the use of tools more aligned with the core concepts of the language such as sqlx, which is an extension of the database/sql standard library. It allows you to use models/structs to map your tables but you have more control over the SQL statements you use to perform queries and the like. You can combine sqlx with Squirrel to build queries from composable parts.
  • Tools besides Go for a newbie
    36 projects | /r/golang | 26 Mar 2023
    IDE: use whatever make you productive. I personally use vscode. VCS: git, as golang communities use github heavily as base for many libraries. AFAIK Linter: use staticcheck for linting as it looks like mostly used linting tool in go, supported by many also. In Vscode it will be recommended once you install go plugin. Libraries/Framework: actually the standard libraries already included many things you need, decent enough for your day-to-day development cycles(e.g. `net/http`). But here are things for extra: - Struct fields validator: validator - Http server lib: chi router , httprouter , fasthttp (for non standard http implementations, but fast) - Web Framework: echo , gin , fiber , beego , etc - Http client lib: most already covered by stdlib(net/http), so you rarely need extra lib for this, but if you really need some are: resty - CLI: cobra - Config: godotenv , viper - DB Drivers: sqlx , postgre , sqlite , mysql - nosql: redis , mongodb , elasticsearch - ORM: gorm , entgo , sqlc(codegen) - JS Transpiler: gopherjs - GUI: fyne - grpc: grpc - logging: zerolog - test: testify , gomock , dockertest - and many others you can find here
  • Where Is the Spring Framework for Go?
    3 projects | /r/golang | 23 Mar 2023
    This is the same situation I saw 20 years ago. Back then, all the managers were pushing development in Oracle tools. Those managers grew up on Oracle and Java was too modern for them. Now the situation is similar. Managers used to do things in Java and now they are still pushing Java. In fact, today Java brings nothing but problems. When I see a new project starting on Java it is always some big desperation. For a comparison of Java and Go, just look at the documentation for SQL. For go: https://pkg.go.dev/database/sql (31 pages) and maybe https://jmoiron.github.io/sqlx/ (12 pages). In Java only one class is 59 pages (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/sql/ResultSet.html) and look how many of those documents there are: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/13/docs/api/java.sql/java/sql/package-summary.html and on top of that we have javax.sql - https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/sql/package-summary.html And even then you use Hibernate for example, where the documentation has 11 manuals and of those the User Guide has 353 pages - https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/6.2/userguide/html\_single/Hibernate\_User\_Guide.html
  • Is sqlx still maintained?
    2 projects | /r/golang | 15 Mar 2023
  • Golang tech stack
    11 projects | /r/golang | 12 Mar 2023
    sqlx

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pgx and sqlx you can also consider the following projects:

sqlc - Generate type-safe code from SQL

GORM - The fantastic ORM library for Golang, aims to be developer friendly

pq - Pure Go Postgres driver for database/sql

Squirrel - Fluent SQL generation for golang

gomock - GoMock is a mocking framework for the Go programming language.

go-sql-driver/mysql - Go MySQL Driver is a MySQL driver for Go's (golang) database/sql package

migrate - Database migrations. CLI and Golang library.

SQLBoiler - Generate a Go ORM tailored to your database schema.

goqu - SQL builder and query library for golang