From 9b15554c5104c49d2673077305d79b4dced1d193 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: divyam234 <47589864+divyam234@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:35:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] respect sslmode  set by user

---
 pgconn/config.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pgconn/config.go b/pgconn/config.go
index d7a0fefb..926cb980 100644
--- a/pgconn/config.go
+++ b/pgconn/config.go
@@ -665,7 +665,9 @@ func configTLS(settings map[string]string, thisHost string, parseConfigOptions P
 
 	if sslnegotiation == "direct" {
 		tlsConfig.NextProtos = []string{"postgresql"}
-		sslmode = "require"
+		if sslmode == "prefer" {
+			sslmode = "require"
+		}
 	}
 
 	if sslrootcert != "" {