Golang database/sql/driver.Driver type example

package database/sql/driver

Driver is the interface that must be implemented by a database driver.

Golang database/sql/driver.Driver type usage example

 db, _ := sql.Open("testdb", "boo")
 conn, err := db.Driver().Open("boo")

 if db == nil {
 fmt.Prinln("driver.Open was not properly setup. Abort!")
 os.Exit(1)
 }

Reference :

http://golang.org/pkg/database/sql/driver/#Driver