# GORM The fantastic ORM library for Golang, aims to be developer friendly. ## Overview * Chainable API * Embedded Structs * Relations * Callbacks (before/after create/save/update/delete/find) * Soft Deletes * Auto Migrations * Transactions * Customizable Logger * Iteration Support via [Rows](#row--rows) * Scopes * sql.Scanner support * Every feature comes with tests * Convention Over Configuration * Developer Friendly ## Conventions * Table name is the plural of struct name's snake case, you can disable pluralization with `db.SingularTable(true)`, or [Specifying The Table Name For A Struct Permanently With TableName](#specifying-the-table-name-for-a-struct-permanently-with-tablename) ```go // E.g finding an existing User var user User // Gorm will know to use table "users" ("user" if pluralisation has been disabled) for all operations. db.First(&user) // creating a new User db.Save(&User{Name: "xxx"}) // table "users" ``` * Column name is the snake case of field's name * Use `Id` field as primary key * Use tag `sql` to change field's property, change the tag name with `db.SetTagIdentifier(new_name)` * Use `CreatedAt` to store record's created time if field exists * Use `UpdatedAt` to store record's updated time if field exists * Use `DeletedAt` to store record's deleted time if field exists [Soft Delete](#soft-delete) # Getting Started ## Install ``` go get -u github.com/jinzhu/gorm ``` ## Define Models (Structs) ```go type User struct { Id int64 Birthday time.Time Age int64 Name string `sql:"size:255"` CreatedAt time.Time UpdatedAt time.Time DeletedAt time.Time Emails []Email // One-To-Many relationship (has many) BillingAddress Address // One-To-One relationship (has one) BillingAddressId sql.NullInt64 // Foreign key of BillingAddress ShippingAddress Address // One-To-One relationship (has one) ShippingAddressId int64 // Foreign key of ShippingAddress IgnoreMe int64 `sql:"-"` // Ignore this field Languages []Language `gorm:"many2many:user_languages;"` // Many-To-Many relationship, 'user_languages' is join table } type Email struct { Id int64 UserId int64 // Foreign key for User (belongs to) Email string `sql:"type:varchar(100);"` // Set field's type Subscribed bool } type Address struct { Id int64 Address1 string `sql:"not null;unique"` // Set field as not nullable and unique Address2 string `sql:"type:varchar(100);unique"` Post sql.NullString `sql:not null` } type Language struct { Id int64 Name string } ``` ## Initialize Database ```go import ( "github.com/jinzhu/gorm" _ "github.com/lib/pq" _ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql" _ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3" ) db, err := gorm.Open("postgres", "user=gorm dbname=gorm sslmode=disable") // db, err := gorm.Open("mysql", "user:password@/dbname?charset=utf8&parseTime=True") // db, err := gorm.Open("sqlite3", "/tmp/gorm.db") // Get database connection handle [*sql.DB](http://golang.org/pkg/database/sql/#DB) db.DB() // Then you could invoke `*sql.DB`'s functions with it db.DB().Ping() db.DB().SetMaxIdleConns(10) db.DB().SetMaxOpenConns(100) // Disable table name's pluralization db.SingularTable(true) ``` ## Migration ```go // Create table db.CreateTable(&User{}) // Drop table db.DropTable(&User{}) // Drop table if exists db.DropTableIfExists(&User{}) // Automating Migration db.AutoMigrate(&User{}) db.AutoMigrate(&User{}, &Product{}, &Order{}) // Feel free to change your struct, AutoMigrate will keep your database up-to-date. // Fyi, AutoMigrate will only *add new columns*, it won't update column's type or delete unused columns, to make sure your data is safe. // If the table is not existing, AutoMigrate will create the table automatically. // Add index db.Model(&User{}).AddIndex("idx_user_name", "name") // Multiple column index db.Model(&User{}).AddIndex("idx_user_name_age", "name", "age") // Add unique index db.Model(&User{}).AddUniqueIndex("idx_user_name", "name") // Multiple column unique index db.Model(&User{}).AddUniqueIndex("idx_user_name_age", "name", "age") // Remove index db.Model(&User{}).RemoveIndex("idx_user_name") ``` # Basic CRUD ## Create Record ```go user := User{Name: "Jinzhu", Age: 18, Birthday: time.Now()} // returns true if record hasn’t been saved (primary key `Id` is blank) db.NewRecord(user) // => true db.Create(&user) // will ruturn false after `user` created db.NewRecord(user) // => false // You could use `Save` to create record also if its primary key is null db.Save(&user) // Associations will be saved automatically when insert the record user := User{ Name: "jinzhu", BillingAddress: Address{Address1: "Billing Address - Address 1"}, ShippingAddress: Address{Address1: "Shipping Address - Address 1"}, Emails: []Email{{Email: "jinzhu@example.com"}, {Email: "jinzhu-2@example@example.com"}}, Languages: []Language{{Name: "ZH"}, {Name: "EN"}}, } db.Create(&user) //// BEGIN TRANSACTION; //// INSERT INTO "addresses" (address1) VALUES ("Billing Address - Address 1"); //// INSERT INTO "addresses" (address1) VALUES ("Shipping Address - Address 1"); //// INSERT INTO "users" (name,billing_address_id,shipping_address_id) VALUES ("jinzhu", 1, 2); //// INSERT INTO "emails" (user_id,email) VALUES (111, "jinzhu@example.com"); //// INSERT INTO "emails" (user_id,email) VALUES (111, "jinzhu-2@example.com"); //// INSERT INTO "languages" ("name") VALUES ('ZH'); //// INSERT INTO user_languages ("user_id","language_id") VALUES (111, 1); //// INSERT INTO "languages" ("name") VALUES ('EN'); //// INSERT INTO user_languages ("user_id","language_id") VALUES (111, 2); //// COMMIT; ``` Refer [Associations](#associations) for how to work with associations ## Query ```go // Get the first record db.First(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY id LIMIT 1; // Get the last record db.Last(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1; // Get all records db.Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users; // Get record with primary key db.First(&user, 10) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = 10; ``` ### Query With Where (Plain SQL) ```go // Get the first matched record db.Where("name = ?", "jinzhu").First(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = 'jinzhu' limit 1; // Get all matched records db.Where("name = ?", "jinzhu").Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = 'jinzhu'; db.Where("name <> ?", "jinzhu").Find(&users) // IN db.Where("name in (?)", []string{"jinzhu", "jinzhu 2"}).Find(&users) // LIKE db.Where("name LIKE ?", "%jin%").Find(&users) // AND db.Where("name = ? and age >= ?", "jinzhu", "22").Find(&users) ``` ### Query With Where (Struct & Map) ```go // Struct db.Where(&User{Name: "jinzhu", Age: 20}).First(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = "jinzhu" AND age = 20 LIMIT 1; // Map db.Where(map[string]interface{}{"name": "jinzhu", "age": 20}).Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = "jinzhu" AND age = 20; // Slice of primary keys db.Where([]int64{20, 21, 22}).Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE id IN (20, 21, 22); ``` ### Query With Not ```go db.Not("name", "jinzhu").First(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name <> "jinzhu" LIMIT 1; // Not In db.Not("name", []string{"jinzhu", "jinzhu 2"}).Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name NOT IN ("jinzhu", "jinzhu 2"); // Not In slice of primary keys db.Not([]int64{1,2,3}).First(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE id NOT IN (1,2,3); db.Not([]int64{}).First(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users; // Plain SQL db.Not("name = ?", "jinzhu").First(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE NOT(name = "jinzhu"); // Struct db.Not(User{Name: "jinzhu"}).First(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name <> "jinzhu"; ``` ### Query With Inline Condition ```go // Get by primary key db.First(&user, 23) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = 23 LIMIT 1; // Plain SQL db.Find(&user, "name = ?", "jinzhu") //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = "jinzhu"; db.Find(&users, "name <> ? AND age > ?", "jinzhu", 20) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name <> "jinzhu" AND age > 20; // Struct db.Find(&users, User{Age: 20}) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE age = 20; // Map db.Find(&users, map[string]interface{}{"age": 20}) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE age = 20; ``` ### Query With Or ```go db.Where("role = ?", "admin").Or("role = ?", "super_admin").Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE role = 'admin' OR role = 'super_admin'; // Struct db.Where("name = 'jinzhu'").Or(User{Name: "jinzhu 2"}).Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = 'jinzhu' OR name = 'jinzhu 2'; // Map db.Where("name = 'jinzhu'").Or(map[string]interface{}{"name": "jinzhu 2"}).Find(&users) ``` ### Query Chains Gorm has a chainable API, you could use it like this ```go db.Where("name <> ?","jinzhu").Where("age >= ? and role <> ?",20,"admin").Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name <> 'jinzhu' AND age >= 20 AND role <> 'admin'; db.Where("role = ?", "admin").Or("role = ?", "super_admin").Not("name = ?", "jinzhu").Find(&users) ``` ## Update ```go // Update an existing struct db.First(&user) user.Name = "jinzhu 2" user.Age = 100 db.Save(&user) //// UPDATE users SET name='jinzhu 2', age=100, updated_at = '2013-11-17 21:34:10' WHERE id=111; // Update an attribute if it is changed db.Model(&user).Update("name", "hello") //// UPDATE users SET name='hello', updated_at = '2013-11-17 21:34:10' WHERE id=111; db.First(&user, 111).Update("name", "hello") //// SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 1; //// UPDATE users SET name='hello', updated_at = '2013-11-17 21:34:10' WHERE id=111; // Update multiple attributes if they are changed db.Model(&user).Updates(User{Name: "hello", Age: 18}) //// UPDATE users SET name='hello', age=18, updated_at = '2013-11-17 21:34:10' WHERE id = 111; ``` ### Update Without Callbacks By default, update will call BeforeUpdate, AfterUpdate callbacks, if you want to update w/o callbacks: ```go db.Model(&user).UpdateColumn("name", "hello") //// UPDATE users SET name='hello' WHERE id = 111; db.Model(&user).UpdateColumns(User{Name: "hello", Age: 18}) //// UPDATE users SET name='hello', age=18 WHERE id = 111; ``` ### Batch Updates ```go db.Table("users").Where("id = ?", 10).Updates(map[string]interface{}{"name": "hello", "age": 18}) //// UPDATE users SET name='hello', age=18 WHERE id = 10; db.Model(User{}).Updates(User{Name: "hello", Age: 18}) //// UPDATE users SET name='hello', age=18; // Callbacks won't be run when do batch updates // You may would like to know how many records updated when do batch updates // You could get it with `RowsAffected` db.Model(User{}).Updates(User{Name: "hello", Age: 18}).RowsAffected ``` ## Delete ```go // Delete an existing record db.Delete(&email) //// DELETE from emails where id=10; ``` ### Batch Delete ```go db.Where("email LIKE ?", "%jinzhu%").Delete(Email{}) //// DELETE from emails where email LIKE "%jinhu%"; ``` ### Soft Delete If struct has `DeletedAt` field, it will get soft delete ability automatically! Then it won't be deleted from database permanently when call `Delete`. ```go db.Delete(&user) //// UPDATE users SET deleted_at="2013-10-29 10:23" WHERE id = 111; // Batch Delete db.Where("age = ?", 20).Delete(&User{}) //// UPDATE users SET deleted_at="2013-10-29 10:23" WHERE age = 20; // Soft deleted records will be ignored when query them db.Where("age = 20").Find(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE age = 20 AND (deleted_at IS NULL AND deleted_at <= '0001-01-02'); // Find soft deleted records with Unscoped db.Unscoped().Where("age = 20").Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE age = 20; // Delete record permanently with Unscoped db.Unscoped().Delete(&order) //// DELETE FROM orders WHERE id=10; ``` ## Associations ### Has One ```go // User has one address db.Model(&user).Related(&address) //// SELECT * FROM addresses WHERE id = 123; // 123 is user's foreign key AddressId // Specify the foreign key db.Model(&user).Related(&address1, "BillingAddressId") //// SELECT * FROM addresses WHERE id = 123; // 123 is user's foreign key BillingAddressId ``` ### Belongs To ```go // Email belongs to user db.Model(&email).Related(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = 111; // 111 is email's foreign key UserId // Specify the foreign key db.Model(&email).Related(&user, "ProfileId") //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = 111; // 111 is email's foreign key ProfileId ``` ### Has Many ```go // User has many emails db.Model(&user).Related(&emails) //// SELECT * FROM emails WHERE user_id = 111; // user_id is the foreign key, 111 is user's primary key's value // Specify the foreign key db.Model(&user).Related(&emails, "ProfileId") //// SELECT * FROM emails WHERE profile_id = 111; // profile_id is the foreign key, 111 is user's primary key's value ``` ### Many To Many ```go // User has many languages and belongs to many languages db.Model(&user).Related(&languages, "Languages") //// SELECT * FROM "languages" INNER JOIN "user_languages" ON "user_languages"."language_id" = "languages"."id" WHERE "user_languages"."user_id" = 111 // `Languages` is user's column name, this column's tag defined join table like this `gorm:"many2many:user_languages;"` ``` There is also a mode used to handle many to many relations easily ```go // Query db.Model(&user).Association("Languages").Find(&languages) // same as `db.Model(&user).Related(&languages, "Languages")` db.Where("name = ?", "ZH").First(&languageZH) db.Where("name = ?", "EN").First(&languageEN) // Append db.Model(&user).Association("Languages").Append([]Language{languageZH, languageEN}) db.Model(&user).Association("Languages").Append([]Language{{Name: "DE"}}) db.Model(&user).Association("Languages").Append(Language{Name: "DE"}) // Delete db.Model(&user).Association("Languages").Delete([]Language{languageZH, languageEN}) db.Model(&user).Association("Languages").Delete(languageZH, languageEN) // Replace db.Model(&user).Association("Languages").Replace([]Language{languageZH, languageEN}) db.Model(&user).Association("Languages").Replace(Language{Name: "DE"}, languageEN) // Count db.Model(&user).Association("Languages").Count() // Return the count of languages the user has // Clear db.Model(&user).Association("Languages").Clear() // Remove all relations between the user and languages ``` ## Advanced Usage ## FirstOrInit Get the first matched record, or initialize a record with search conditions. ```go // Unfound db.FirstOrInit(&user, User{Name: "non_existing"}) //// user -> User{Name: "non_existing"} // Found db.Where(User{Name: "Jinzhu"}).FirstOrInit(&user) //// user -> User{Id: 111, Name: "Jinzhu", Age: 20} db.FirstOrInit(&user, map[string]interface{}{"name": "jinzhu"}) //// user -> User{Id: 111, Name: "Jinzhu", Age: 20} ``` ### Attrs Ignore some values when searching, but use them to initialize the struct if record is not found. ```go // Unfound db.Where(User{Name: "non_existing"}).Attrs(User{Age: 20}).FirstOrInit(&user) //// SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE name = 'non_existing'; //// user -> User{Name: "non_existing", Age: 20} db.Where(User{Name: "noexisting_user"}).Attrs("age", 20).FirstOrInit(&user) //// SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE name = 'non_existing'; //// user -> User{Name: "non_existing", Age: 20} // Found db.Where(User{Name: "Jinzhu"}).Attrs(User{Age: 30}).FirstOrInit(&user) //// SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE name = jinzhu'; //// user -> User{Id: 111, Name: "Jinzhu", Age: 20} ``` ### Assign Ignore some values when searching, but assign it to the result regardless it is found or not. ```go // Unfound db.Where(User{Name: "non_existing"}).Assign(User{Age: 20}).FirstOrInit(&user) //// user -> User{Name: "non_existing", Age: 20} // Found db.Where(User{Name: "Jinzhu"}).Assign(User{Age: 30}).FirstOrInit(&user) //// SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE name = jinzhu'; //// user -> User{Id: 111, Name: "Jinzhu", Age: 30} ``` ## FirstOrCreate Get the first matched record, or create with search conditions. ```go // Unfound db.FirstOrCreate(&user, User{Name: "non_existing"}) //// INSERT INTO "users" (name) VALUES ("non_existing"); //// user -> User{Id: 112, Name: "non_existing"} // Found db.Where(User{Name: "Jinzhu"}).FirstOrCreate(&user) //// user -> User{Id: 111, Name: "Jinzhu"} ``` ### Attrs Ignore some values when searching, but use them to create the struct if record is not found. like `FirstOrInit` ```go // Unfound db.Where(User{Name: "non_existing"}).Attrs(User{Age: 20}).FirstOrCreate(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = 'non_existing'; //// INSERT INTO "users" (name, age) VALUES ("non_existing", 20); //// user -> User{Id: 112, Name: "non_existing", Age: 20} // Found db.Where(User{Name: "jinzhu"}).Attrs(User{Age: 30}).FirstOrCreate(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = 'jinzhu'; //// user -> User{Id: 111, Name: "jinzhu", Age: 20} ``` ### Assign Ignore some values when searching, but assign it to the record regardless it is found or not, then save back to database. like `FirstOrInit` ```go // Unfound db.Where(User{Name: "non_existing"}).Assign(User{Age: 20}).FirstOrCreate(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = 'non_existing'; //// INSERT INTO "users" (name, age) VALUES ("non_existing", 20); //// user -> User{Id: 112, Name: "non_existing", Age: 20} // Found db.Where(User{Name: "jinzhu"}).Assign(User{Age: 30}).FirstOrCreate(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = 'jinzhu'; //// UPDATE users SET age=30 WHERE id = 111; //// user -> User{Id: 111, Name: "jinzhu", Age: 30} ``` ## Select ```go db.Select("name, age").Find(&users) //// SELECT name, age FROM users; ``` ## Order ```go db.Order("age desc, name").Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY age desc, name; // Multiple orders db.Order("age desc").Order("name").Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY age desc, name; // ReOrder db.Order("age desc").Find(&users1).Order("age", true).Find(&users2) //// SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY age desc; (users1) //// SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY age; (users2) ``` ## Limit ```go db.Limit(3).Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 3; // Cancel limit condition with -1 db.Limit(10).Find(&users1).Limit(-1).Find(&users2) //// SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 10; (users1) //// SELECT * FROM users; (users2) ``` ## Offset ```go db.Offset(3).Find(&users) //// SELECT * FROM users OFFSET 3; // Cancel offset condition with -1 db.Offset(10).Find(&users1).Offset(-1).Find(&users2) //// SELECT * FROM users OFFSET 10; (users1) //// SELECT * FROM users; (users2) ``` ## Count ```go db.Where("name = ?", "jinzhu").Or("name = ?", "jinzhu 2").Find(&users).Count(&count) //// SELECT * from USERS WHERE name = 'jinzhu' OR name = 'jinzhu 2'; (users) //// SELECT count(*) FROM users WHERE name = 'jinzhu' OR name = 'jinzhu 2'; (count) db.Model(User{}).Where("name = ?", "jinzhu").Count(&count) //// SELECT count(*) FROM users WHERE name = 'jinzhu'; (count) db.Table("deleted_users").Count(&count) //// SELECT count(*) FROM deleted_users; ``` ## Pluck Get selected attributes as map ```go var ages []int64 db.Find(&users).Pluck("age", &ages) var names []string db.Model(&User{}).Pluck("name", &names) db.Table("deleted_users").Pluck("name", &names) // Requesting more than one column? Do it like this: db.Select("name, age").Find(&users) ``` ## Raw SQL ```go db.Exec("DROP TABLE users;") db.Exec("UPDATE orders SET shipped_at=? WHERE id IN (?)", time.Now, []int64{11,22,33}) ``` ## Row & Rows You are even possible to get query result as `*sql.Row` or `*sql.Rows` ```go row := db.Table("users").Where("name = ?", "jinzhu").Select("name, age").Row() // (*sql.Row) row.Scan(&name, &age) rows, err := db.Model(User{}).Where("name = ?", "jinzhu").Select("name, age, email").Rows() // (*sql.Rows, error) defer rows.Close() for rows.Next() { ... rows.Scan(&name, &age, &email) ... } // Raw SQL rows, err := db.Raw("select name, age, email from users where name = ?", "jinzhu").Rows() // (*sql.Rows, error) defer rows.Close() for rows.Next() { ... rows.Scan(&name, &age, &email) ... } ``` ## Scan Scan results into another struct. ```go type Result struct { Name string Age int } var result Result db.Table("users").Select("name, age").Where("name = ?", 3).Scan(&result) // Raw SQL db.Raw("SELECT name, age FROM users WHERE name = ?", 3).Scan(&result) ``` ## Group & Having ```go rows, err := db.Table("orders").Select("date(created_at) as date, sum(amount) as total").Group("date(created_at)").Rows() for rows.Next() { ... } rows, err := db.Table("orders").Select("date(created_at) as date, sum(amount) as total").Group("date(created_at)").Having("sum(amount) > ?", 100).Rows() for rows.Next() { ... } type Result struct { Date time.Time Total int64 } db.Table("orders").Select("date(created_at) as date, sum(amount) as total").Group("date(created_at)").Having("sum(amount) > ?", 100).Scan(&results) ``` ## Joins ```go rows, err := db.Table("users").Select("users.name, emails.email").Joins("left join emails on emails.user_id = users.id").Rows() for rows.Next() { ... } db.Table("users").Select("users.name, emails.email").Joins("left join emails on emails.user_id = users.id").Scan(&results) ``` ## Transactions All individual save and delete operations are run in a transaction by default. ```go // begin tx := db.Begin() // rollback tx.Rollback() // commit tx.Commit() ``` ## Scopes ```go func AmountGreaterThan1000(db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB { return db.Where("amount > ?", 1000) } func PaidWithCreditCard(db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB { return db.Where("pay_mode_sign = ?", "C") } func PaidWithCod(db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB { return db.Where("pay_mode_sign = ?", "C") } func OrderStatus(status []string) func (db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB { return func (db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB { return db.Scopes(AmountGreaterThan1000).Where("status in (?)", status) } } db.Scopes(AmountGreaterThan1000, PaidWithCreditCard).Find(&orders) // Find all credit card orders and amount greater than 1000 db.Scopes(AmountGreaterThan1000, PaidWithCod).Find(&orders) // Find all COD orders and amount greater than 1000 db.Scopes(OrderStatus([]string{"paid", "shipped"})).Find(&orders) // Find all paid, shipped orders ``` ## Callbacks Callbacks are methods defined on the pointer of struct. If any callback returns an error, gorm will stop future operations and rollback all changes. Here is the list of all available callbacks: (listed in the same order in which they will get called during the respective operations) ### Creating An Object ```go BeforeSave BeforeCreate // save before associations // save self // save after associations AfterCreate AfterSave ``` ### Updating An Object ```go BeforeSave BeforeUpdate // save before associations // save self // save after associations AfterUpdate AfterSave ``` ### Destroying An Object ```go BeforeDelete // delete self AfterDelete ``` ### After Find ```go // load data from database AfterFind ``` ### Example ```go func (u *User) BeforeUpdate() (err error) { if u.readonly() { err = errors.New("read only user") } return } // Rollback the insertion if user's id greater than 1000 func (u *User) AfterCreate() (err error) { if (u.Id > 1000) { err = errors.New("user id is already greater than 1000") } return } ``` As you know, save/delete operations in gorm are running in a transaction, This is means if changes made in the transaction is not visiable unless it is commited, So if you want to use those changes in your callbacks, you need to run SQL in same transaction. Fortunately, gorm support pass transaction to callbacks as you needed, you could do it like this: ```go func (u *User) AfterCreate(tx *gorm.DB) (err error) { tx.Model(u).Update("role", "admin") return } ``` ## Specifying The Table Name ```go // Create `deleted_users` table with struct User's definition db.Table("deleted_users").CreateTable(&User{}) var deleted_users []User db.Table("deleted_users").Find(&deleted_users) //// SELECT * FROM deleted_users; db.Table("deleted_users").Where("name = ?", "jinzhu").Delete() //// DELETE FROM deleted_users WHERE name = 'jinzhu'; ``` ### Specifying The Table Name For A Struct Permanently with TableName ```go type Cart struct { } func (c Cart) TableName() string { return "shopping_cart" } func (u User) TableName() string { if u.Role == "admin" { return "admin_users" } else { return "users" } } ``` ## Error Handling ```go query := db.Where("name = ?", "jinzhu").First(&user) query := db.First(&user).Limit(10).Find(&users) // query.Error will return the last happened error // So you could do error handing in your application like this: if err := db.Where("name = ?", "jinzhu").First(&user).Error; err != nil { // error handling... } // RecordNotFound // If no record found when you query data, gorm will return RecordNotFound error, you could check it like this: db.Where("name = ?", "hello world").First(&User{}).Error == gorm.RecordNotFound // Or use the shortcut method db.Where("name = ?", "hello world").First(&user).RecordNotFound() if db.Model(&user).Related(&credit_card).RecordNotFound() { // no credit card found error handling } ``` ## Logger Gorm has built-in logger support ```go // Enable Logger db.LogMode(true) // Diable Logger db.LogMode(false) // Debug a single operation db.Debug().Where("name = ?", "jinzhu").First(&User{}) ``` ![logger](https://raw.github.com/jinzhu/gorm/master/images/logger.png) ### Customize Logger ```go // Refer gorm's default logger for how to: https://github.com/jinzhu/gorm/blob/master/logger.go#files db.SetLogger(gorm.Logger{revel.TRACE}) db.SetLogger(log.New(os.Stdout, "\r\n", 0)) ``` ## Existing Schema If you have an existing database schema, and the primary key field is different from `id`, you can add a tag to the field structure to specify that this field is a primary key. ```go type Animal struct { AnimalId int64 `gorm:"primary_key:yes"` Birthday time.Time Age int64 } ``` If your column names differ from the struct fields, you can specify them like this: ```go type Animal struct { AnimalId int64 `gorm:"column:beast_id; primary_key:yes"` Birthday time.Time `gorm:"column:day_of_the_beast"` Age int64 `gorm:"column:age_of_the_beast"` } ``` ## More examples with query chain ```go db.First(&first_article).Count(&total_count).Limit(10).Find(&first_page_articles).Offset(10).Find(&second_page_articles) //// SELECT * FROM articles LIMIT 1; (first_article) //// SELECT count(*) FROM articles; (total_count) //// SELECT * FROM articles LIMIT 10; (first_page_articles) //// SELECT * FROM articles LIMIT 10 OFFSET 10; (second_page_articles) db.Where("created_at > ?", "2013-10-10").Find(&cancelled_orders, "state = ?", "cancelled").Find(&shipped_orders, "state = ?", "shipped") //// SELECT * FROM orders WHERE created_at > '2013/10/10' AND state = 'cancelled'; (cancelled_orders) //// SELECT * FROM orders WHERE created_at > '2013/10/10' AND state = 'shipped'; (shipped_orders) // Use variables to keep query chain todays_orders := db.Where("created_at > ?", "2013-10-29") cancelled_orders := todays_orders.Where("state = ?", "cancelled") shipped_orders := todays_orders.Where("state = ?", "shipped") // Search with shared conditions for different tables db.Where("product_name = ?", "fancy_product").Find(&orders).Find(&shopping_carts) //// SELECT * FROM orders WHERE product_name = 'fancy_product'; (orders) //// SELECT * FROM carts WHERE product_name = 'fancy_product'; (shopping_carts) // Search with shared conditions from different tables with specified table db.Where("mail_type = ?", "TEXT").Find(&users1).Table("deleted_users").Find(&users2) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE mail_type = 'TEXT'; (users1) //// SELECT * FROM deleted_users WHERE mail_type = 'TEXT'; (users2) // FirstOrCreate example db.Where("email = ?", "x@example.org").Attrs(User{RegisteredIp: "111.111.111.111"}).FirstOrCreate(&user) //// SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = 'x@example.org'; //// INSERT INTO "users" (email,registered_ip) VALUES ("x@example.org", "111.111.111.111") // if record not found ``` ## TODO * db.RegisterFuncation("Search", func() {}) db.Model(&[]User{}).Limit(10).Do("Search", "search func's argument") db.Mode(&User{}).Do("EditForm").Get("edit_form_html") DefaultValue, DefaultTimeZone, R/W Splitting, Validation * Github Pages * Includes * AlertColumn, DropColumn # Author **jinzhu** * * * ## License Released under the [MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT). 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