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+[![](https://godoc.org/github.com/jackc/pgtype?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/jackc/pgtype)
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+# pgtype
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+pgtype implements Go types for over 70 PostgreSQL types. pgtype is the type system underlying the
+https://github.com/jackc/pgx PostgreSQL driver. These types support the binary format for enhanced performance with pgx.
+They also support the database/sql `Scan` and `Value` interfaces and can be used with https://github.com/lib/pq.