It was. That summary is a bit of a simplification. See https://golang.org/doc/go1.9#database/sql https://golang.org/doc/go1.9#database/sql Go 1.9 adds reuse o

It was. That summary is a bit of a simplification. See https://golang.org/doc/go1.9#database/sql https://golang.org/doc/go1.9#database/sql Go 1.9 adds reuse of statement handles created off an ephemeral transaction too. But all the other statement handle cases have cached from day 1.