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Does psycopg2 close connection automatically?

Changed in version 2.5: if the connection is used in a with statement, the method is automatically called if no exception is raised in the with block. Roll back to the start of any pending transaction. Closing a connection without committing the changes first will cause an implicit rollback to be performed.

Is psycopg2 faster than SQLAlchemy?

The psycopg2 is over 2x faster than SQLAlchemy on small table. This behavior is expected as psycopg2 is a database driver for postgresql while SQLAlchemy is general ORM library.

What is the difference between psycopg2 and psycopg2 binary?

psycopg2-binary and psycopg2 both give us the same code that we interact with. The difference between the two is in how that code is installed in our computer.


What is the difference between these two apis? Which one faster, reliable using Python DB API?

Upd: I see two psql drivers for Django. The first one is psycopg2. What is the second one? pygresql?