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Psycopg -- PostgreSQL database adapter for Python
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.. sectionauthor:: Daniele Varrazzo <daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com>
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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
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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>`, |COPY-TO-FROM|__
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: http://www.postgresql.org/
.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
.. _libpq: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq.html
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.. |COPY-TO-FROM| replace:: :sql:`COPY TO/COPY FROM`
.. __: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-copy.html
.. rubric:: Contents
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
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install
usage
module
connection
cursor
advanced
extensions
extras
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sql
tz
pool
errorcodes
faq
news
.. ifconfig:: builder != 'text'
.. rubric:: Indices and tables
* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`search`
.. ifconfig:: todo_include_todos
.. note::
**To Do items in the documentation**
.. todolist::