What if my password contains @ sign?

[elgs]

I use the code from the doc to connect to the db, like so:

db, err := sql.Open("mysql", "user:password@/dbname")

Now I found when my password contains the @ sign, it failed to connect. The error message is like so:

runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

[elgs]

Sorry, it seems to be my fault, even if the password does not contain the at sign, it still has the same error message. I will keep investigating.

[elgs]

Sorry the real error is:

sql: unknown driver "mysql" (forgotten import?)

[federicoleon]

Yo need to import the mysql package since it is used to configure the sql package your'e using.

import (
     "database/sql"
     "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
)

func main() {
     db, err := sql.Open("mysql", "user:password@/dbname")
     .......
}