ption">Opening a database handle</a></h3>
<p>
You use the Go database handle to execute database operations. Once you open a
handle with database connection properties, the handle represents a connection
pool it manages on your behalf.
</p>

<h3 id="change-data"><a href="/doc/database/change-data" aria-describedby="index-description">Executing SQL statements that don't return data</a></h3>
<p>
For SQL operations that might change the database, including SQL
<code>INSERT</code>, <code>UPDATE</code>, and <cod