#sqlx

sqlx is a set of extensions upon go's basic database/sql module. They are all optional and SQLX versions of sql.DB, sql.Tx, sql.Stmt, etc all leave the underlying interfaces untouched, so sqlx.DB.Query will behave exactly the same as sql.DB.Query, etc.

Major additional concepts are:

• Named parameter support with NamedQuery, NamedExec, et al.
• Scan() into a struct with StructScan
• Get and Select, which will QueryRow or Query directly into a provided struct or slice
• Common error handling mnemonics Execf, Execp (also MustExec), and Execl
• LoadFile for easy execution of SQL in files

usage

Read the documentation for detailed API docs, and check sqlx_test.go for more usage.

Below is an example which shows some common use cases for sqlx.

package main

import (
    _ "github.com/lib/pq"
    "database/sql"
    "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 connects & tries a simple 'SELECT 1', panics on error
    // use sqlx.Open() for sql.Open() semantics
    db := sqlx.Connect("postgres", "user=foo dbname=bar sslmode=disable")

    // exec the schema or fail; multi-statement Exec behavior varies between
    // database drivers;  pq will exec them all, sqlite3 won't, ymmv
    db.Execf(schema)
    
    tx := db.MustBegin()
    tx.Execl("INSERT INTO person (first_name, last_name, email) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)", "Jason", "Moiron", "[email protected]")
    tx.Execl("INSERT INTO person (first_name, last_name, email) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)", "John", "Doe", "[email protected]")
    tx.Execl("INSERT INTO place (country, city, telcode) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)", "United States", "New York", "1")
    tx.Execl("INSERT INTO place (country, telcode) VALUES ($1, $2)", "Hong Kong", "852")
    tx.Execl("INSERT INTO place (country, telcode) VALUES ($1, $2)", "Singapore", "65")
    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:"[email protected]"}
    // Person{FirstName:"John", LastName:"Doe", Email:"[email protected]"}

    // 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:"[email protected]"}

    // 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.Printf(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() {
        rows.StructScan(&place)
        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, using `:name` as the bindvar.  Automatic bindvar support
    // which takes into account the dbtype based on the driverName on sqlx.Open/Connect
    _, err = db.NamedExecMap(`INSERT INTO person (first_name,last_name,email) VALUES (:first,:last,:email)`, 
        map[string]interface{}{
            "first": "Bin",
            "last": "Smuth",
            "email": "[email protected]",
    })

    // Selects Mr. Smith from the database
    rows, err := db.NamedQueryMap(`SELECT * FROM person WHERE first_name=:fn`, map[string]interface{}{"fn": "Bin"})

    // Named queries can also use structs.  Their bind names follow the same rules
    // as the name -> db mapping, so struct fields are lowercased and the `db` tag
    // is taken into consideration.
    rows, err := db.NamedQuery(`SELECT * FROM person WHERE first_name=:first_name`, jason)

}