gorm/doc/models.md

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# Models
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## Model Defination
```go
type User struct {
gorm.Model
Birthday time.Time
Age int
Name string `sql:"size:255"` // Default size for string is 255, you could reset it with this tag
Num int `sql:"AUTO_INCREMENT"`
IgnoreMe int `sql:"-"` // Ignore this field
}
```
## Conventions & Overriding Conventions
### `gorm.Model` struct
Gorm has defined struct `gorm.Model`, which could be embeded in your models, it will add fields `ID`, `CreatedAt`, `UpdatedAt`, `DeletedAt` to your model
```go
// Model's definition
type Model struct {
ID uint `gorm:"primary_key"`
CreatedAt time.Time
UpdatedAt time.Time
DeletedAt *time.Time
}
```
### Table name is the pluralized version of struct name
```go
type User struct {} // default table name is `users`
// set User's table name to be `profiles
type (User) TableName() string {
return "profiles"
}
func (u User) TableName() string {
if u.Role == "admin" {
return "admin_users"
} else {
return "users"
}
}
// Disable table name's pluralization globally
db.SingularTable(true) // if set this to true, `User`'s default table name will be `user`, table name setted with `TableName` won't be affected
```
### Column name is the snake case of field's name
```go
type User struct {
ID uint // column name will be `id`
Name string // column name will be `name`
Birthday time.Time // column name will be `birthday`
CreatedAt time.Time // column name will be `created_at`
}
type Animal struct {
AnimalId int64 `gorm:"column:beast_id"` // set column name to `beast_id`
Birthday time.Time `gorm:"column:day_of_the_beast"` // set column name to `day_of_the_beast`
Age int64 `gorm:"column:age_of_the_beast"` // set column name to `age_of_the_beast`
}
```
### Field `ID` as primary key
```go
type User struct {
ID uint // field named `ID` is the default primary key for `User`
Name string
}
// your could also use tag `primary_key` to set other field as primary key
type Animal struct {
AnimalId int64 `gorm:"primary_key"` // set AnimalId to be primary key
Name string
Age int64
}
```
### Field `CreatedAt` used to store record's created time
Create records having `CreatedAt` field will set it to current time.
```go
db.Create(&user) // will set `CreatedAt` to current time
// To change its value, you could use `Update`
db.Model(&user).Update("CreatedAt", time.Now())
```
### Use `UpdatedAt` used to store record's updated time
Save records having `UpdatedAt` field will set it to current time.
```go
db.Save(&user) // will set `UpdatedAt` to current time
db.Model(&user).Update("name", "jinzhu") // will set `UpdatedAt` to current time
```
### Use `DeletedAt` to store record's deleted time if field exists
Delete records having `DeletedAt` field, it won't delete the record from database, but will set field `DeletedAt`'s value to current time.