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Psycopg -- PostgreSQL database adapter for Python
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.. sectionauthor:: Daniele Varrazzo <daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com>
Psycopg_ is the most popular PostgreSQL_ database adapter for the Python_
programming language. Its main features are the complete implementation of
the Python |DBAPI|_ specification and the thread safety (several threads can
share the same connection). It was designed for heavily multi-threaded
applications that create and destroy lots of cursors and make a large number
of concurrent :sql:`INSERT`\s or :sql:`UPDATE`\s.
Psycopg 2 is mostly implemented in C as a libpq_ wrapper, resulting in being
both efficient and secure. It features client-side and :ref:`server-side
<server-side-cursors>` cursors, :ref:`asynchronous communication
<async-support>` and :ref:`notifications <async-notify>`, :ref:`COPY <copy>`
support. Many Python types are supported out-of-the-box and :ref:`adapted to
matching PostgreSQL data types <python-types-adaptation>`; adaptation can be
extended and customized thanks to a flexible :ref:`objects adaptation system
<adapting-new-types>`.
Psycopg 2 is both Unicode and Python 3 friendly.
.. _Psycopg: http://initd.org/psycopg/
.. _PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/
.. _Python: https://www.python.org/
.. _libpq: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq.html
.. rubric:: Contents
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
install
usage
module
connection
cursor
advanced
extensions
extras
errors
sql
tz
pool
errorcodes
faq
news
license
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`search`
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