"Package sql provides a generic interface around SQL (or SQL-like) databases."
sql package - database/sql - Go Packages https://pkg.go.dev/database/sql
"The database/sql and database/sql/driver packages are designed for using databases from Go and implementing database drivers, respectively."
Go Wiki: SQL Database Drivers - The Go Programming Language https://go.dev/wiki/SQLDrivers
"Lightweight and fast"
"Native Go implementation. No C-bindings, just pure Go"
"Connections over TCP/IPv4, TCP/IPv6, Unix domain sockets or custom protocols"
"Automatic Connection Pooling (by database/sql package)"
GitHub - go-sql-driver/mysql: Go MySQL Driver is a MySQL driver for Go's (golang) database/sql package https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql/