database/sql package
Canonical docs for SQL DB handles, queries, transactions, pooling, and context-aware operations.
Canonical docs for SQL DB handles, queries, transactions, pooling, and context-aware operations.
- Author: Go Team
- Authority: primary
- Kind: package-doc
- URL: https://pkg.go.dev/database/sql
What it covers
- DB query and exec APIs
- transactions and pooling
- context-aware database operations
Why authoritative
Official package documentation for Go’s standard SQL abstraction.
Use when
- how should I use context with database/sql
- is this database/sql usage idiomatic
- how do database/sql timeouts work in Go
Keywords
- database/sql, sql, transactions, query, context