Different ways of working with SQL Databases in Go
March 6, 2025
#Databases
#Go
#Programming
This is a great post summarizing the pro's and con's of different ways of working with databases in Go.
Summarized table:
| Approach | Type Safety | Performance | Learning Curve | Abstraction Level | SQL Visibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| database/sql | No | High | Low | Low | High |
| sqlx | No | High | Low | Medium-Low | High |
| GORM | No | Lower | High | High | Low |
| sqlc | Yes | High | Medium | Medium | High |