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 # purescript-postgresql-client
 
 purescript-postgresql-client is a PostgreSQL client library for PureScript.
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+To use this library, you need to add `pg` as an npm dependency.
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 Included is a preprocessor, purspgpp, which finds embedded SQL queries in
 PureScript source files and infers their types. Such queries can be written as
 follows: