Allow the postgresql client to have user-specified scope

newsfragments/897.feature.rst

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+Add your info here

pytest_postgresql/factories/client.py

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 import psycopg
 import pytest
+from _pytest.scope import _ScopeName
 from psycopg import Connection
 from pytest import FixtureRequest
 
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 def postgresql(
     process_fixture_name: str,
     dbname: Optional[str] = None,
+    scope: _ScopeName = "function",
     load: Optional[List[Union[Callable, str, Path]]] = None,
     isolation_level: "Optional[psycopg.IsolationLevel]" = None,
 ) -> Callable[[FixtureRequest], Iterator[Connection]]:
     """Return connection fixture factory for PostgreSQL.
 
     :param process_fixture_name: name of the process fixture
     :param dbname: database name
+    :param scope: which scope the fixture should be created for
     :param load: SQL, function or function import paths to automatically load
                  into our test database
     :param isolation_level: optional postgresql isolation level
                             defaults to server's default
     :returns: function which makes a connection to postgresql
     """
 
-    @pytest.fixture
+    @pytest.fixture(scope=scope)
     def postgresql_factory(request: FixtureRequest) -> Iterator[Connection]:
         """Fixture factory for PostgreSQL.