Which SQL driver to use with Postgres

• pq

  28 8,740 3.2 Go

  Pure Go Postgres driver for database/sql

  

For convenience, it is better to use https://github.com/lib/pq in conjunction with https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx, you will have all the data in json

• go-sql-driver/mysql

  19 14,178 7.9 Go

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

  

I'm following Alex Edwards web dev book, he uses MySQL with go-sql-driver/mysql , i want to use Postgres, which one should I use?

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• pgx

  71 9,414 9.2 Go

  PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go

• sqlc

  169 10,837 9.7 Go

  Generate type-safe code from SQL

  

I can recommend pairing it with sqlc: https://github.com/kyleconroy/sqlc

• sqlx

  70 15,365 0.0 Go

  general purpose extensions to golang's database/sql

For convenience, it is better to use https://github.com/lib/pq in conjunction with https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx, you will have all the data in json

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

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