package main import ( "database/sql" "fmt" "log" "os" _ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib" ) func main() { // connect to a database conn, err := sql.Open("pgx", fmt.Sprintf("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=test_connect user=%s password=%s", os.Getenv("PGUSER"), os.Getenv("PGPWD"))) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("Unable to connect to the database: %v\n", err) } defer conn.Close() log.Println("Connected to database!") // test my connection err = conn.Ping() if err != nil { log.Fatal("Cannot ping database!") } log.Println("Pinged database!") // get rows from table err = getAllRows(conn) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // insert a row query := `insert into users (first_name, last_name) values ($1, $2)` _, err = conn.Exec(query, "Jack", "Brown") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } log.Println("Inserted a row!") // get rows from table again err = getAllRows(conn) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // update a row stmt := `update users set first_name = $1 where first_name = $2` _, err = conn.Exec(stmt, "Jackie", "Jack") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } log.Println("Updated one or more rows") // get rows from table again err = getAllRows(conn) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // get one row by id var firstName, lastName string var id int query = `select id, first_name, last_name from users where id = $1` row := conn.QueryRow(query, 1) err = row.Scan(&id, &firstName, &lastName) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } log.Println("Query row returns", id, firstName, lastName) // delete a row query = `delete from users where id = $1` _, err = conn.Exec(query, 3) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } log.Println("Delete a row") // get rows again err = getAllRows(conn) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func getAllRows(conn *sql.DB) error { rows, err := conn.Query("select id, first_name, last_name from users") if err != nil { log.Println(err) return err } defer rows.Close() // IMPORTANT!! var firstName, lastName string var id int for rows.Next() { err := rows.Scan(&id, &firstName, &lastName) if err != nil { log.Println(err) return err } fmt.Println("Record is", id, firstName, lastName) } if err = rows.Err(); err != nil { log.Fatalf("Error scanning rows: %v", err) } fmt.Println("----------------------------") return nil }