A higher level mySQL database wrapper. The same interface is implemented for other databases too.
See also: db_odbc, db_sqlite, db_postgres.
Parameter substitution
All db_* modules support the same form of parameter substitution. That is, using the ? (question mark) to signify the place where a value should be placed. For example:
sql"INSERT INTO myTable (colA, colB, colC) VALUES (?, ?, ?)"
Examples
Opening a connection to a database
import std/db_mysql let db = open("localhost", "user", "password", "dbname") db.close()
Creating a table
db.exec(sql"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS myTable") db.exec(sql("""CREATE TABLE myTable ( id integer, name varchar(50) not null)"""))
Inserting data
db.exec(sql"INSERT INTO myTable (id, name) VALUES (0, ?)", "Dominik")
Larger example
import std/[db_mysql, math] let theDb = open("localhost", "nim", "nim", "test") theDb.exec(sql"Drop table if exists myTestTbl") theDb.exec(sql("create table myTestTbl (" & " Id INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, " & " Name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, " & " i INT(11), " & " f DECIMAL(18,10))")) theDb.exec(sql"START TRANSACTION") for i in 1..1000: theDb.exec(sql"INSERT INTO myTestTbl (name,i,f) VALUES (?,?,?)", "Item#" & $i, i, sqrt(i.float)) theDb.exec(sql"COMMIT") for x in theDb.fastRows(sql"select * from myTestTbl"): echo x let id = theDb.tryInsertId(sql"INSERT INTO myTestTbl (name,i,f) VALUES (?,?,?)", "Item#1001", 1001, sqrt(1001.0)) echo "Inserted item: ", theDb.getValue(sql"SELECT name FROM myTestTbl WHERE id=?", id) theDb.close()
Types
InstantRow = object row: cstringArray len: int
- a handle that can be used to get a row's column text on demand Source Edit
Procs
proc `[]`(row: InstantRow; col: int): string {.inline, ...raises: [], tags: [].}
- Returns text for given column of the row. Source Edit
proc close(db: DbConn) {....tags: [DbEffect], raises: [].}
- closes the database connection. Source Edit
proc dbError(db: DbConn) {.noreturn, ...raises: [DbError], tags: [].}
- raises a DbError exception. Source Edit
proc exec(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]) {. ...tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].}
- executes the query and raises EDB if not successful. Source Edit
proc execAffectedRows(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {. ...tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].}
- runs the query (typically "UPDATE") and returns the number of affected rows Source Edit
proc getAllRows(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]): seq[ Row] {....tags: [ReadDbEffect], raises: [DbError].}
- executes the query and returns the whole result dataset. Source Edit
proc getRow(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {. ...tags: [ReadDbEffect], raises: [DbError].}
- Retrieves a single row. If the query doesn't return any rows, this proc will return a Row with empty strings for each column. Source Edit
proc getValue(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]): string {. ...tags: [ReadDbEffect], raises: [DbError].}
- executes the query and returns the first column of the first row of the result dataset. Returns "" if the dataset contains no rows or the database value is NULL. Source Edit
proc insert(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; pkName: string; args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {....tags: [WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].}
- same as insertId Source Edit
proc insertId(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {. ...tags: [WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].}
- executes the query (typically "INSERT") and returns the generated ID for the row. Source Edit
proc len(row: InstantRow): int {.inline, ...raises: [], tags: [].}
- Returns number of columns in the row. Source Edit
proc open(connection, user, password, database: string): DbConn {. ...tags: [DbEffect], raises: [DbError, ValueError].}
- opens a database connection. Raises EDb if the connection could not be established. Source Edit
proc setEncoding(connection: DbConn; encoding: string): bool {....tags: [DbEffect], raises: [].}
- sets the encoding of a database connection, returns true for success, false for failure. Source Edit
proc tryExec(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]): bool {. ...tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [].}
- tries to execute the query and returns true if successful, false otherwise. Source Edit
proc tryInsert(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; pkName: string; args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {....tags: [WriteDbEffect], raises: [].}
- same as tryInsertID Source Edit
proc tryInsertId(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {. ...tags: [WriteDbEffect], raises: [].}
- executes the query (typically "INSERT") and returns the generated ID for the row or -1 in case of an error. Source Edit
proc unsafeColumnAt(row: InstantRow; index: int): cstring {.inline, ...raises: [], tags: [].}
- Return cstring of given column of the row Source Edit
Iterators
iterator fastRows(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {. ...tags: [ReadDbEffect], raises: [DbError].}
-
executes the query and iterates over the result dataset.
This is very fast, but potentially dangerous. Use this iterator only if you require ALL the rows.
Breaking the fastRows() iterator during a loop will cause the next database query to raise an [EDb] exception Commands out of sync.
Source Edit iterator instantRows(db: DbConn; columns: var DbColumns; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]): InstantRow {. ...raises: [DbError], tags: [].}
- Same as fastRows but returns a handle that can be used to get column text on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within the iterator body. Source Edit
iterator instantRows(db: DbConn; query: SqlQuery; args: varargs[string, `$`]): InstantRow {. ...tags: [ReadDbEffect], raises: [DbError].}
- Same as fastRows but returns a handle that can be used to get column text on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within the iterator body. Source Edit