rusqlite/README.md
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# Rusqlite
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Rusqlite is an ergonomic wrapper for using SQLite from Rust. It attempts to expose
an interface similar to [rust-postgres](https://github.com/sfackler/rust-postgres). View the full
[API documentation](http://jgallagher.github.io/rusqlite/rusqlite/index.html).
```rust
extern crate rusqlite;
extern crate time;
use time::Timespec;
use rusqlite::SqliteConnection;
#[derive(Debug)]
struct Person {
id: i32,
name: String,
time_created: Timespec,
data: Option<Vec<u8>>
}
fn main() {
let conn = SqliteConnection::open_in_memory().unwrap();
conn.execute("CREATE TABLE person (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
time_created TEXT NOT NULL,
data BLOB
)", &[]).unwrap();
let me = Person {
id: 0,
name: "Steven".to_string(),
time_created: time::get_time(),
data: None
};
conn.execute("INSERT INTO person (name, time_created, data)
VALUES ($1, $2, $3)",
&[&me.name, &me.time_created, &me.data]).unwrap();
let mut stmt = conn.prepare("SELECT id, name, time_created, data FROM person").unwrap();
let mut person_iter = stmt.query_map(&[], |row| {
Person {
id: row.get(0),
name: row.get(1),
time_created: row.get(2),
data: row.get(3)
}
}).unwrap();
for person in person_iter {
println!("Found person {:?}", person.unwrap());
}
}
```
### Design of SqliteRows and SqliteRow
To retrieve the result rows from a query, SQLite requires you to call
[sqlite3_step()](https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/step.html) on a prepared statement. You can only
retrieve the values of the "current" row. From the Rust point of view, this means that each row
is only valid until the next row is fetched. [rust-sqlite3](https://github.com/dckc/rust-sqlite3)
solves this the correct way with lifetimes. However, this means that the result rows do not
satisfy the [Iterator](http://doc.rust-lang.org/std/iter/trait.Iterator.html) trait, which means
you cannot (as easily) loop over the rows, or use many of the helpful Iterator methods like `map`
and `filter`.
Instead, Rusqlite's `SqliteRows` handle does conform to `Iterator`. It ensures safety by
performing checks at runtime to ensure you do not try to retrieve the values of a "stale" row, and
will panic if you do so. A specific example that will panic:
```rust
fn bad_function_will_panic(conn: &SqliteConnection) -> SqliteResult<i64> {
let mut stmt = try!(conn.prepare("SELECT id FROM my_table"));
let mut rows = try!(stmt.query(&[]));
let row0 = try!(rows.next().unwrap());
// row 0 is valid now...
let row1 = try!(rows.next().unwrap());
// row 0 is now STALE, and row 1 is valid
let my_id = row0.get(0); // WILL PANIC because row 0 is stale
Ok(my_id)
}
```
There are other, less obvious things that may result in a panic as well, such as calling
`collect()` on a `SqliteRows` and then trying to use the collected rows.
The method `query_map()` is an alternative to `query()` and is guaranteed not to panic. This method
returns an iterator over rows after they have been mapped to a static type, e.g., types without
references to other values.
## Author
John Gallagher, johnkgallagher@gmail.com
## License
Rusqlite is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.