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sqlx
sqlx is a library which provides a set of extensions on go's standard
database/sql library. The sqlx versions of sql.DB, sql.TX, sql.Stmt,
et al. all leave the underlying interfaces untouched, so that their interfaces
are a superset on the standard ones. This makes it relatively painless to
integrate existing codebases using database/sql with sqlx.
Major additional concepts are:
Marshal rows into structs (with embedded struct support), maps, and slices
Named parameter support including prepared statements
Get and Select to go quickly from query to struct/slice
In addition to the godoc API documentation,
there is also some user documentation that
explains how to use database/sql along with sqlx.
Recent Changes
1.3.0:
sqlx.DB.Connx(context.Context) *sqlx.Conn
sqlx.BindDriver(driverName, bindType)
support for []map[string]interface{} to do "batch" insertions
allocation & perf improvements for sqlx.In
DB.Connx returns an sqlx.Conn, which is an sql.Conn-alike consistent with
sqlx's wrapping of other types.
BindDriver allows users to control the bindvars that sqlx will use for drivers,
and add new drivers at runtime. This results in a very slight performance hit
when resolving the driver into a bind type (~40ns per call), but it allows users
to specify what bindtype their driver uses even when sqlx has not been updated
to know about it by default.
Backwards Compatibility
Compatibility with the most recent two versions of Go is a requirement for any
new changes. Compatibility beyond that is not guaranteed.
Versioning is done with Go modules. Breaking changes (eg. removing deprecated API)
will get major version number bumps.
install
go get github.com/jmoiron/sqlx
issues
Row headers can be ambiguous (SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS a), and the result of
Columns() does not fully qualify column names in queries like:
SELECT a.id, a.name, b.id, b.name FROM foos AS a JOIN foos AS b ON a.parent = b.id;
making a struct or map destination ambiguous. Use AS in your queries
to give columns distinct names, rows.Scan to scan them manually, or
SliceScan to get a slice of results.
usage
Below is an example which shows some common use cases for sqlx. Check
sqlx_test.go for more
usage.
package main
import (
"database/sql"
"fmt"
"log"
_ "github.com/lib/pq"
"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
)
var schema = `
CREATE TABLE person (
first_name text,
last_name text,
email text
);
CREATE TABLE place (
country text,
city text NULL,
telcode integer
)`
type Person struct {
FirstName string `db:"first_name"`
LastName string `db:"last_name"`
Email string
}
type Place struct {
Country string
City sql.NullString
TelCode int
}
func main() {
// this Pings the database trying to connect
// use sqlx.Open() for sql.Open() semantics
db, err := sqlx.Connect("postgres", "user=foo dbname=bar sslmode=disable")
if err != nil {
log.Fatalln(err)
}
// exec the schema or fail; multi-statement Exec behavior varies between
// database drivers; pq will exec them all, sqlite3 won't, ymmv
db.MustExec(schema)
tx := db.MustBegin()
tx.MustExec("INSERT INTO person (first_name, last_name, email) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)", "Jason", "Moiron", "jmoiron@jmoiron.net")
tx.MustExec("INSERT INTO person (first_name, last_name, email) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)", "John", "Doe", "johndoeDNE@gmail.net")
tx.MustExec("INSERT INTO place (country, city, telcode) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)", "United States", "New York", "1")
tx.MustExec("INSERT INTO place (country, telcode) VALUES ($1, $2)", "Hong Kong", "852")
tx.MustExec("INSERT INTO place (country, telcode) VALUES ($1, $2)", "Singapore", "65")
// Named queries can use structs, so if you have an existing struct (i.e. person := &Person{}) that you have populated, you can pass it in as &person
tx.NamedExec("INSERT INTO person (first_name, last_name, email) VALUES (:first_name, :last_name, :email)", &Person{"Jane", "Citizen", "jane.citzen@example.com"})
tx.Commit()
// Query the database, storing results in a []Person (wrapped in []interface{})
people := []Person{}
db.Select(&people, "SELECT * FROM person ORDER BY first_name ASC")
jason, john := people[0], people[1]
fmt.Printf("%#v\n%#v", jason, john)
// Person{FirstName:"Jason", LastName:"Moiron", Email:"jmoiron@jmoiron.net"}
// Person{FirstName:"John", LastName:"Doe", Email:"johndoeDNE@gmail.net"}
// You can also get a single result, a la QueryRow
jason = Person{}
err = db.Get(&jason, "SELECT * FROM person WHERE first_name=$1", "Jason")
fmt.Printf("%#v\n", jason)
// Person{FirstName:"Jason", LastName:"Moiron", Email:"jmoiron@jmoiron.net"}
// if you have null fields and use SELECT *, you must use sql.Null* in your struct
places := []Place{}
err = db.Select(&places, "SELECT * FROM place ORDER BY telcode ASC")
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
usa, singsing, honkers := places[0], places[1], places[2]
fmt.Printf("%#v\n%#v\n%#v\n", usa, singsing, honkers)
// Place{Country:"United States", City:sql.NullString{String:"New York", Valid:true}, TelCode:1}
// Place{Country:"Singapore", City:sql.NullString{String:"", Valid:false}, TelCode:65}
// Place{Country:"Hong Kong", City:sql.NullString{String:"", Valid:false}, TelCode:852}
// Loop through rows using only one struct
place := Place{}
rows, err := db.Queryx("SELECT * FROM place")
for rows.Next() {
err := rows.StructScan(&place)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalln(err)
}
fmt.Printf("%#v\n", place)
}
// Place{Country:"United States", City:sql.NullString{String:"New York", Valid:true}, TelCode:1}
// Place{Country:"Hong Kong", City:sql.NullString{String:"", Valid:false}, TelCode:852}
// Place{Country:"Singapore", City:sql.NullString{String:"", Valid:false}, TelCode:65}
// Named queries, u
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