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<h1 class="type-name">
<span class="kind">module</span> DB
</h1>
<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>The DB module is a unified interface to database access.
Database dialects is supported by custom database driver shards.
Check <a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-sqlite3" target="_blank">crystal-lang/crystal-sqlite3</a> for example.</p>
<p>Drivers implementors check <code><a href="DB/Driver.html">Driver</a></code> class.</p>
<p>DB manage a connection pool. The connection pool can be configured by <code>URI</code> query. See <code><a href="DB/Database.html">Database</a></code>.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Assuming <code>crystal-sqlite3</code> is included a sqlite3 database can be opened with <code><a href="DB.html#open%28uri%3AURI%7CString%29-class-method">#open</a></code>.</p>
<pre><code>db <span class="o">=</span> <span class="t">DB</span>.open <span class="s">&quot;sqlite3:./path/to/db/file.db&quot;</span>
db.close</code></pre>
<p>If a block is given to <code><a href="DB.html#open%28uri%3AURI%7CString%29-class-method">#open</a></code> the database is closed automatically</p>
<pre><code><span class="t">DB</span>.open <span class="s">&quot;sqlite3:./file.db&quot;</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="o">|</span>db<span class="o">|</span>
<span class="c"># work with db</span>
<span class="k">end</span> <span class="c"># db is closed</span></code></pre>
<p>In the code above <code>db</code> is a <code><a href="DB/Database.html">Database</a></code>. Methods available for querying it are described in <code><a href="DB/QueryMethods.html">QueryMethods</a></code>.</p>
<p>Three kind of statements can be performed:</p>
<ol><li><code>Database#exec</code> waits no response from the database.</li><li><code>Database#scalar</code> reads a single value of the response.</li><li><code>Database#query</code> returns a ResultSet that allows iteration over the rows in the response and column information.</li></ol>
<p>All of the above methods allows parametrised query. Either positional or named arguments.</p>
<p>Check a full working version:</p>
<pre><code><span class="k">require</span> <span class="s">&quot;db&quot;</span>
<span class="k">require</span> <span class="s">&quot;sqlite3&quot;</span>
<span class="t">DB</span>.open <span class="s">&quot;sqlite3:./file.db&quot;</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="o">|</span>db<span class="o">|</span>
db.exec <span class="s">&quot;create table contacts &#40;name string, age integer&#41;&quot;</span>
db.exec <span class="s">&quot;insert into contacts values &#40;?, ?&#41;&quot;</span>, <span class="s">&quot;John Doe&quot;</span>, <span class="n">30</span>
args <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">[]</span> <span class="k">of</span> <span class="t">DB</span><span class="t">::</span><span class="t">Any</span>
args <span class="o"><<</span> <span class="s">&quot;Sarah&quot;</span>
args <span class="o"><<</span> <span class="n">33</span>
db.exec <span class="s">&quot;insert into contacts values &#40;?, ?&#41;&quot;</span>, args
puts <span class="s">&quot;max age:&quot;</span>
puts db.scalar <span class="s">&quot;select max&#40;age&#41; from contacts&quot;</span> <span class="c"># &#61;&gt; 33</span>
puts <span class="s">&quot;contacts:&quot;</span>
db.query <span class="s">&quot;select name, age from contacts order by age desc&quot;</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="o">|</span>rs<span class="o">|</span>
puts <span class="s">&quot;</span><span class="i">#{</span></span>rs.column_name(<span class="n">0</span>)<span class="s"><span class="i">}</span> &#40;</span><span class="i">#{</span></span>rs.column_name(<span class="n">1</span>)<span class="s"><span class="i">}</span>&#41;&quot;</span>
<span class="c"># &#61;&gt; name &#40;age&#41;</span>
rs.each <span class="k">do</span>
puts <span class="s">&quot;</span><span class="i">#{</span></span>rs.read(<span class="t">String</span>)<span class="s"><span class="i">}</span> &#40;</span><span class="i">#{</span></span>rs.read(<span class="t">Int32</span>)<span class="s"><span class="i">}</span>&#41;&quot;</span>
<span class="c"># &#61;&gt; Sarah &#40;33&#41;</span>
<span class="c"># &#61;&gt; John Doe &#40;30&#41;</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="k">end</span></code></pre>
<h2>Defined in:</h2>
<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db.cr#L68" target="_blank">db.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/pool.cr#L3" target="_blank">db/pool.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/string_key_cache.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/string_key_cache.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/query_methods.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/query_methods.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/session_methods.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/session_methods.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/disposable.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/disposable.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/driver.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/driver.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/statement.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/statement.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/begin_transaction.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/begin_transaction.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/connection_context.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/connection_context.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/connection.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/connection.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/transaction.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/transaction.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/pool_statement.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/pool_statement.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/database.cr#L4" target="_blank">db/database.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/pool_prepared_statement.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/pool_prepared_statement.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/pool_unprepared_statement.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/pool_unprepared_statement.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/result_set.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/result_set.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/error.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/error.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/mapping.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/mapping.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/spec.cr#L9" target="_blank">spec.cr</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db/version.cr#L1" target="_blank">db/version.cr</a>
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<h2>Constant Summary</h2>
<dl>
<dt class="entry-const" id="TYPES">
<strong>TYPES</strong> = <code>[<span class="t">Nil</span>, <span class="t">String</span>, <span class="t">Bool</span>, <span class="t">Int32</span>, <span class="t">Int64</span>, <span class="t">Float32</span>, <span class="t">Float64</span>, <span class="t">Time</span>, <span class="t">Bytes</span>]</code>
</dt>
<dd class="entry-const-doc">
<p>Types supported to interface with database driver.
These can be used in any <code><a href="DB/ResultSet.html#read-instance-method">ResultSet#read</a></code> or any <code>Database#query</code> related
method to be used as query parameters</p>
</dd>
<dt class="entry-const" id="VERSION">
<strong>VERSION</strong> = <code><span class="s">&quot;0.4.3&quot;</span></code>
</dt>
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<h2>Class Method Summary</h2>
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<li class="entry-summary">
<a href="#connect%28uri%3AURI%7CString%29-class-method" class="signature"><strong>.connect</strong>(uri : URI | String)</a>
<div class="summary"><p>Opens a connection using the specified <em>uri</em>.</p></div>
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<a href="#connect%28uri%3AURI%7CString%2C%26block%29-class-method" class="signature"><strong>.connect</strong>(uri : URI | String, &block)</a>
<div class="summary"><p>Opens a connection using the specified <em>uri</em>.</p></div>
</li>
<li class="entry-summary">
<a href="#open%28uri%3AURI%7CString%29-class-method" class="signature"><strong>.open</strong>(uri : URI | String)</a>
<div class="summary"><p>Opens a database using the specified <em>uri</em>.</p></div>
</li>
<li class="entry-summary">
<a href="#open%28uri%3AURI%7CString%2C%26block%29-class-method" class="signature"><strong>.open</strong>(uri : URI | String, &block)</a>
<div class="summary"><p>Same as <code><a href="DB.html#open%28uri%3AURI%7CString%29-class-method">#open</a></code> but the database is yielded and closed automatically.</p></div>
</li>
<li class="entry-summary">
<a href="#register_driver%28driver_name%2Cdriver_class%3ADriver.class%29-class-method" class="signature"><strong>.register_driver</strong>(driver_name, driver_class : Driver.class)</a>
<div class="summary"><p>Registers a driver class for a given <em>driver_name</em>.</p></div>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Macro Summary</h2>
<ul class="list-summary">
<li class="entry-summary">
<a href="#mapping%28properties%2Cstrict%3Dtrue%29-macro" class="signature"><strong>mapping</strong>(properties, strict = true)</a>
<div class="summary"><p>The <code><a href="DB.html#mapping-macro">DB.mapping</a></code> macro defines how an object is built from a DB::ResultSet.</p></div>
</li>
<li class="entry-summary">
<a href="#mapping-macro" class="signature"><strong>mapping</strong></a>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="methods-inherited">
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<h2>Class Method Detail</h2>
<div class="entry-detail" id="connect&#40;uri:URI|String&#41;-class-method">
<div class="signature">
def self.<strong>connect</strong>(uri : URI | String)
<a class="method-permalink" href="#connect%28uri%3AURI%7CString%29-class-method">#</a>
</div>
<div class="doc"><p>Opens a connection using the specified <em>uri</em>.
The scheme of the <em>uri</em> determines the driver to use.
Returned connection must be closed by <code>Connection#close</code>.
If a block is used the connection is yielded and closed automatically.</p></div>
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<div>
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<div class="entry-detail" id="connect&#40;uri:URI|String,&amp;block&#41;-class-method">
<div class="signature">
def self.<strong>connect</strong>(uri : URI | String, &block)
<a class="method-permalink" href="#connect%28uri%3AURI%7CString%2C%26block%29-class-method">#</a>
</div>
<div class="doc"><p>Opens a connection using the specified <em>uri</em>.
The scheme of the <em>uri</em> determines the driver to use.
Returned connection must be closed by <code>Connection#close</code>.
If a block is used the connection is yielded and closed automatically.</p></div>
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<div>
[<a href="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db/blob/437f8c39eccc82628223eff965d740fd3389499a/src/db.cr#L125" target="_blank">View source</a>]
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<div class="entry-detail" id="open&#40;uri:URI|String&#41;-class-method">
<div class="signature">
def self.<strong>open</strong>(uri : URI | String)
<a class="method-permalink" href="#open%28uri%3AURI%7CString%29-class-method">#</a>
</div>
<div class="doc"><p>Opens a database using the specified <em>uri</em>.
The scheme of the <em>uri</em> determines the driver to use.
Returned database must be closed by <code><a href="DB/Database.html#close-instance-method">Database#close</a></code>.
If a block is used the database is yielded and closed automatically.</p></div>
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<div class="entry-detail" id="open&#40;uri:URI|String,&amp;block&#41;-class-method">
<div class="signature">
def self.<strong>open</strong>(uri : URI | String, &block)
<a class="method-permalink" href="#open%28uri%3AURI%7CString%2C%26block%29-class-method">#</a>
</div>
<div class="doc"><p>Same as <code><a href="DB.html#open%28uri%3AURI%7CString%29-class-method">#open</a></code> but the database is yielded and closed automatically.</p></div>
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<div class="entry-detail" id="register_driver&#40;driver_name,driver_class:Driver.class&#41;-class-method">
<div class="signature">
def self.<strong>register_driver</strong>(driver_name, driver_class : Driver.class)
<a class="method-permalink" href="#register_driver%28driver_name%2Cdriver_class%3ADriver.class%29-class-method">#</a>
</div>
<div class="doc"><p>Registers a driver class for a given <em>driver_name</em>.
Should be called by drivers implementors only.</p></div>
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<h2>Macro Detail</h2>
<div class="entry-detail" id="mapping&#40;properties,strict&#61;true&#41;-macro">
<div class="signature">
macro <strong>mapping</strong>(properties, strict = true)
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<div class="doc"><p>The <code><a href="DB.html#mapping-macro">DB.mapping</a></code> macro defines how an object is built from a DB::ResultSet.</p>
<p>It takes hash literal as argument, in which attributes and types are defined.
Once defined, <code><a href="DB/ResultSet.html#read%28type%3ADB%3A%3AMappable.class%29-instance-method">DB::ResultSet#read(t)</a></code> populates properties of the class from the
result set.</p>
<pre><code class='language-crystal'><span class="k">require</span> <span class="s">&quot;db&quot;</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="t">Employee</span>
<span class="t">DB</span>.mapping({
title: <span class="t">String</span>,
name: <span class="t">String</span>,
})
<span class="k">end</span>
employees <span class="o">=</span> <span class="t">Employee</span>.from_rs(db.query(<span class="s">&quot;SELECT title, name FROM employees&quot;</span>))
employees[<span class="n">0</span>].title <span class="c"># &#61;&gt; &quot;Manager&quot;</span>
employees[<span class="n">0</span>].name <span class="c"># &#61;&gt; &quot;John&quot;</span></code></pre>
<p>Attributes not mapped with <code><a href="DB.html#mapping-macro">DB.mapping</a></code> are not defined as properties.
Also, missing attributes raise a <code>DB::Exception</code>.</p>
<p>You can also define attributes for each property.</p>
<pre><code class='language-crystal'><span class="k">class</span> <span class="t">Employee</span>
<span class="t">DB</span>.mapping({
title: <span class="t">String</span>,
name: {
<span class="k">type</span>: <span class="t">String</span>,
nilable: <span class="n">true</span>,
key: <span class="s">&quot;firstname&quot;</span>,
},
})
<span class="k">end</span></code></pre>
<p>Available attributes:</p>
<ul><li><em>type</em> (required) defines its type. In the example above, <em>title: String</em> is a shortcut to <em>title: {type: String}</em>.</li><li><em>nilable</em> defines if a property can be a <code>Nil</code>.</li><li><strong>default</strong>: value to use if the property is missing in the result set, or if it's <code>null</code> and <code>nilable</code> was not set to <code>true</code>. If the default value creates a new instance of an object (for example <code>[1, 2, 3]</code> or <code>SomeObject.new</code>), a different instance will be used each time a row is parsed.</li><li><em>key</em> defines which column to read from a reusltset. It defaults to the name of the property.</li><li><em>converter</em> takes an alternate type for parsing. It requires a <code>#from_rs</code> method in that class, and returns an instance of the given type.</li></ul>
<p>The mapping also automatically defines Crystal properties (getters and setters) for each
of the keys. It doesn't define a constructor accepting those arguments, but you can provide
an overload.</p>
<p>The macro basically defines a constructor accepting a <code><a href="DB/ResultSet.html">DB::ResultSet</a></code> that reads from
it and initializes this type's instance variables.</p>
<p>This macro also declares instance variables of the types given in the mapping.</p></div>
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