naive.go

func nameExists(name string) {
    retval boolean := false
    database, err = sql.Open("postgres", "postgres://chris@localhost")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	r, _ := database.Query("SELECT EMAIL FROM BLACKLIST WHERE EMAIL = $1", name)

	for r.Next() {
		var curName string
		r.Scan(&curName)
		retval = true
	}
	r.Close()
	writeJSON(rw, 200, namesInDb)
}