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SqlUtil::Database Class Reference

represents a database; this class embeds an AbstractDatabase object that is created automatically in the constructor based on the database driver for the AbstractDatasource object providing the database connection More...

## Public Member Functions

| constructor (AbstractDatasource ds, *hash opts)
| creates the Database object More...
| constructor (string ds, *hash opts)
| creates the AbstractDatabase object More...
| constructor (hash ds, *hash opts)
| creates the AbstractDatabase object More...
bool | dropFunctionIfExists (string name, *hash opt)
| drops the given function if it exists; returns True if the function was dropped, False if not More...
bool | dropProcedureIfExists (string name, *hash opt)
| drops the given procedure if it exists; returns True if the procedure was dropped, False if not More...
bool | dropSequenceIfExists (string name, *hash opt)
| drops the given sequence if it exists; returns True if the sequence was dropped, False if not More...
bool | dropTableIfExists (string name, *hash opt)
| drops the given table if it exists; returns True if the table was dropped, False if not More...
Qore::ListIterator | functionIterator ()
| returns an iterator listing the string function names in the database
list | getAlignFunctionSql (AbstractFunction f, *hash opt)
| returns a list of SQL strings that can be used to update a function in the database to the function definition passed as an argument More...
list | getAlignProcedureSql (AbstractFunction f, *hash opt)
| returns a list of SQL strings that can be used to update a stored procedure in the database to the stored procedure definition passed as an argument More...
list | getAlignSql (hash schema_hash, *hash opt, *Tables table_cache)
| accepts a hash argument describing a database schema and returns a list of SQL strings that can be used to align the structure and configuration of the current schema with that of the argument; if the objects described are identical then an empty list is returned More...
Qore::SQL::AbstractDatasource | getDatasource ()
| gets the underlying AbstractDatasource
list | getDropSchemaSql (hash schema_hash, *hash opt)
| accepts a hash argument describing a database schema and returns a list of SQL strings that can be used to drop any existing objects described in the schema; if none of the described objects exist, then an empty list is returned More...
*AbstractFunction | getFunction (string name)
| returns an AbstractFunction argument for the given function name or NOTHING if the function cannot be found More...
int | getNextSequenceValue (string name)
| returns the next value in the given sequence More...
*AbstractFunction | getProcedure (string name)
| returns an AbstractFunction argument for the given stored procedure name or NOTHING if the stored procedur cannot be found More...
*AbstractSequence | getSequence (string name)
| returns an AbstractSequence argument for the given sequence name or NOTHING if the sequence cannot be found More...
string | getSqlFromList (list l)
| returns an SQL string corresponding to the list of commands in the argument More...
*AbstractTable | getTable (string name)
| returns an AbstractTable argument for the given table name or NOTHING if the table cannot be found More...
*AbstractView | getView (string name)
| returns an AbstractView argument for the given view name or NOTHING if the view More...
list | listFunctions ()
| returns a list of string function names in the database
list | listProcedures ()
| returns a list of string procedure names in the database
list | listSequences ()
| returns a list of string sequence names in the database
list | listTables ()
| returns a list of string table names in the database
list | listViews ()
| returns a list of string view names in the database
AbstractFunction | makeFunction (string name, string src, *hash opt)
| creates a database-specific AbstractFunction object corresponding to the arguments More...
AbstractFunction | makeProcedure (string name, string src, *hash opt)
| creates a database-specific AbstractFunction object for a stored procedure corresponding to the arguments More...
AbstractSequence | makeSequence (string name, number start=1, number increment=1, *softnumber end, *hash opts)
| creates a database-specific AbstractSequence object corresponding to the arguments More...
AbstractTable | makeTable (string name, hash desc, *hash opts)
| creates a database-specific AbstractTable object corresponding to the arguments More...
any | methodGate (string meth)
| executes a method on the contained AbstractDatabase object
Qore::ListIterator | procedureIterator ()
| returns an iterator listing the string procedure names in the database
Qore::ListIterator | sequenceIterator ()
| returns an iterator listing the string sequence names in the database
bool | supportsSequences ()
| returns True if the database supports sequences
Qore::ListIterator | tableIterator ()
| returns an iterator listing the string table names in the database
any | tryExec (string sql)
| executes some SQL with optional arguments so that if an error occurs the current transaction state is not lost More...
any | tryExecArgs (string sql, *softlist args)
| executes some SQL with optional arguments so that if an error occurs the current transaction state is not lost More...
any | tryExecRaw (string sql)
| executes some SQL so that if an error occurs the current transaction state is not lost More...
Qore::ListIterator | viewIterator ()
| returns an iterator listing the string view names in the database

## Private Attributes

AbstractDatabase | db
| the embedded AbstractDatabase object that actually provides the functionality for this class

## Detailed Description

represents a database; this class embeds an AbstractDatabase object that is created automatically in the constructor based on the database driver for the AbstractDatasource object providing the database connection

Driver-specific modules that provide the AbstractDatabase implementation embedded in this class are loaded on demand based on the driver's name. The driver-specific module's name is generated based on the db-driver's name with the first letter capitalized then with `"SqlUtil"` appended.

For example:

- `"oracle"`: OracleSqlUtil
- `"pgsql"`: PgsqlSqlUtil
- `"mysql"`: MysqlSqlUtil

etc.

## Member Function Documentation

SqlUtil::Database::constructor | ( | AbstractDatasource | ds,
|  | *hash | opts
| ) |  |

creates the Database object

Example:
  my Database $db($ds);

Parameters

  ds | the AbstractDatasource object used to provide the DB connection
  opts | a hash of options for the function creation string; see AbstractDatabase::DatabaseOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options

Exceptions

  DATABASE-DRIVER-ERROR | no database-specific module can be loaded
  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed

SqlUtil::Database::constructor | ( | string | ds,
|  | *hash | opts
| ) |  |

creates the AbstractDatabase object

Example:
  my AbstractDatabase $db("pgsql:user/pass@db%host");

Parameters

  ds | a datasource description string in the format that can be parsed by parse_datasource()
  opts | a hash of options for the function creation string; see AbstractDatabase::DatabaseOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed

SqlUtil::Database::constructor | ( | hash | ds,
|  | *hash | opts
| ) |  |

creates the AbstractDatabase object

Example:
  my AbstractDatabase $db("pgsql:user/pass@db%host");

Parameters

  ds

  a hash giving parameters for the new datasource with the following possible keys (the `"type"` key is mandatory, also usable with the output of the parse_datasource() function):
  - `type:` (*string) The name of the database driver to use; this key is mandatory; if not present, an exception will be raised. See SQL Constants for builtin constants for DBI drivers shipped with Qore, or see the DBI driver documentation to use an add-on driver (this string should be the name of the driver to be loaded)
  - `user:` (*string) The user name for the new connection
  - `pass:` (*string) The password for the new connection
  - `db:` (*string) The database name for the new connection
  - `charset:` (*string) The database-specific name of the character encoding to use for the new connection. Also see Qore::SQL::Datasource::setDBCharset() for a method that allows this parameter to be set after the constructor. If no value is passed for this parameter, then the database character encoding corresponding to the default character encoding for the Qore process will be used instead.
  - `host:` (*string) The host name for the new connection
  - `port:` (softint) The port number for the new connection
  - `options:` (*hash) Any options for the new connection

  opts | a hash of options for the table creation string; see AbstractDatabase::DatabaseOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed

bool SqlUtil::Database::dropFunctionIfExists | ( | string | name,
|  | *hash | opt
| ) |  |

drops the given function if it exists; returns True if the function was dropped, False if not

Example:
  $db.dropFunctionIfExists($name);

Parameters

  name | the name of the function
  opt | optional callback options; see AbstractDatabase::CallbackOptions for more info

Returns
  True if the function was dropped, False if not

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unknown callback option

bool SqlUtil::Database::dropProcedureIfExists | ( | string | name,
|  | *hash | opt
| ) |  |

drops the given procedure if it exists; returns True if the procedure was dropped, False if not

Example:
  $db.dropProcedureIfExists($name);

Parameters

  name | the name of the procedure
  opt | optional callback options; see AbstractDatabase::CallbackOptions for more info

Returns
  True if the procedure was dropped, False if not

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unknown callback option

bool SqlUtil::Database::dropSequenceIfExists | ( | string | name,
|  | *hash | opt
| ) |  |

drops the given sequence if it exists; returns True if the sequence was dropped, False if not

Example:
  $db.dropSequenceIfExists($name);

Parameters

  name | the name of the sequence
  opt | optional callback options; see AbstractDatabase::CallbackOptions for more info

Returns
  True if the sequence was dropped, False if not

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unknown callback option

bool SqlUtil::Database::dropTableIfExists | ( | string | name,
|  | *hash | opt
| ) |  |

drops the given table if it exists; returns True if the table was dropped, False if not

Example:
  $db.dropTableIfExists($name);

Parameters

  name | the name of the table
  opt | optional callback options; see AbstractDatabase::CallbackOptions for more info

Returns
  True if the table was dropped, False if not

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unknown callback option

list SqlUtil::Database::getAlignFunctionSql | ( | AbstractFunction | f,
|  | *hash | opt
| ) |  |

returns a list of SQL strings that can be used to update a function in the database to the function definition passed as an argument

Example:
  my list $l = $db.getAlignFunctionSql($f);

Parameters

  f | the template or target version of the function to compare to the database version
  opt | an optional hash of options for the generation of the SQL strings; see AbstractDatabase::CreationOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options

Returns
  a list of SQL strings that can be used to update a function in the database to the function definition passed as an argument

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed

list SqlUtil::Database::getAlignProcedureSql | ( | AbstractFunction | f,
|  | *hash | opt
| ) |  |

returns a list of SQL strings that can be used to update a stored procedure in the database to the stored procedure definition passed as an argument

Example:
  my list $l = $db.getAlignProcedureSql($f);

Parameters

  f | the template or target version of the stored procedure to compare to the database version
  opt | an optional hash of options for the generation of the SQL strings; see AbstractDatabase::CreationOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options

Returns
  a list of SQL strings that can be used to update a stored procedure in the database to the stored procedure definition passed as an argument

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed

list SqlUtil::Database::getAlignSql | ( | hash | schema_hash,
|  | *hash | opt,
|  | *Tables | table_cache
| ) |  |

accepts a hash argument describing a database schema and returns a list of SQL strings that can be used to align the structure and configuration of the current schema with that of the argument; if the objects described are identical then an empty list is returned

Example:
  my list $l = $db.getAlignSql($schema_hash);

Parameters

  schema_hash | the schema template hash that decribes the target state of the schema
  opt | a hash of options for the SQL creation strings; see AbstractDatabase::AlignSchemaOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options
  table_cache | an optional object of class Tables to return the cache of AbstractTable objects keyed by table name for the schema template (ie target table definitions)

Returns
  a list of SQL strings that can be used to align the structure and configuration of the current schema with that of the argument; if the objects described are identical then an empty list is returned

Exceptions

  SCHEMA-DESCRIPTION-ERROR | the schema description hash has an error or a required object does not exist
  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed

list SqlUtil::Database::getDropSchemaSql | ( | hash | schema_hash,
|  | *hash | opt
| ) |  |

accepts a hash argument describing a database schema and returns a list of SQL strings that can be used to drop any existing objects described in the schema; if none of the described objects exist, then an empty list is returned

Example:
  my list $l = $db.getDropSchemaSql($schema_hash);

Parameters

  schema_hash | the schema template hash that decribes the state of the schema
  opt | a hash of options for the SQL strings; see AbstractDatabase::DropSchemaOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options

Returns
  a list of SQL strings that can be used to drop any existing objects in the database; if none of the described objects exist, then an empty list is returned

Exceptions

  SCHEMA-DESCRIPTION-ERROR | the schema description hash has an error
  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed

*AbstractFunction SqlUtil::Database::getFunction | ( | string | name | ) |

returns an AbstractFunction argument for the given function name or NOTHING if the function cannot be found

Example:
  my *AbstractFunction $f = $db.getFunction("update_queue");

Parameters

  name | the uniquely-identifying name of the function to retrieve

Returns
  an AbstractFunction argument for the given function name or NOTHING if the function cannot be found

Note
  for databases that support overloaded functions, the arguments must be passed in parentheses after the name to match overloaded functions properly

int SqlUtil::Database::getNextSequenceValue | ( | string | name | ) |

returns the next value in the given sequence

Example:
  my number $n = $db.getNextSequenceValue("seq_customers");

Parameters

  name | the name of the sequence

Returns
  the next value in the given sequence

*AbstractFunction SqlUtil::Database::getProcedure | ( | string | name | ) |

returns an AbstractFunction argument for the given stored procedure name or NOTHING if the stored procedur cannot be found

Example:
  my *AbstractFunction $f = $db.getProcedure("update_queue");

Parameters

  name | the uniquely-identifying name of the stored procedure to retrieve

Returns
  an AbstractFunction argument for the given stored procedure name or NOTHING if the stored procedure cannot be found

Note
  for databases that support overloaded stored procedures, the arguments must be passed in parentheses after the name to match overloaded stored procedures properly

*AbstractSequence SqlUtil::Database::getSequence | ( | string | name | ) |

returns an AbstractSequence argument for the given sequence name or NOTHING if the sequence cannot be found

Example:
  my *AbstractSequence $seq = $db.getSequence("seq_queues");

Parameters

  name | the uniquely-identifying name of the sequence to retrieve

Returns
  an AbstractSequence argument for the given sequence name or NOTHING if the sequence cannot be found

string SqlUtil::Database::getSqlFromList | ( | list | l | ) |

returns an SQL string corresponding to the list of commands in the argument

Example:
  my string $sql = $t.getSqlFromList($list);

Parameters

  l | a list of SQL commands

Returns
  an SQL string corresponding to the list of commands in the argument

*AbstractTable SqlUtil::Database::getTable | ( | string | name | ) |

returns an AbstractTable argument for the given table name or NOTHING if the table cannot be found

Example:
  my *AbstractTable $table = $db.getTable("queues");

Parameters

  name | the uniquely-identifying name of the table to retrieve

Returns
  an AbstractTable argument for the given table name or NOTHING if the table cannot be found

*AbstractView SqlUtil::Database::getView | ( | string | name | ) |

returns an AbstractView argument for the given view name or NOTHING if the view

Example:
  my *AbstractView $f = $db.getView("my_view");

Parameters

  name | the uniquely-identifying name of the view to retrieve

Returns
  an AbstractView argument for the given stored procedure name or NOTHING if the stored procedure cannot be found

AbstractFunction SqlUtil::Database::makeFunction | ( | string | name,
|  | string | src,
|  | *hash | opt
| ) |  |

creates a database-specific AbstractFunction object corresponding to the arguments

Example:
  my AbstractFunction $f = $db.makeFunction("update_queue", $src);

Parameters

  name | the name of the function
  src | the database-specific source code of the function (see the database-specific documentation for information about the format of this parameter; generally it's simply the normal source code for the function required by the database)
  opt | an optional hash of options for the creation of the function; see AbstractDatabase::CreationOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed

AbstractFunction SqlUtil::Database::makeProcedure | ( | string | name,
|  | string | src,
|  | *hash | opt
| ) |  |

creates a database-specific AbstractFunction object for a stored procedure corresponding to the arguments

Example:
  my AbstractFunction $f = $db.makeProcedure("get_queue_info", $src);

Parameters

  name | the name of the stored procedure
  src | the database-specific source code of the stored procedure (see the database-specific documentation for information about the format of this parameter; generally it's simply the normal source code for the stored procedure required by the database)
  opt | an optional hash of options for the creation of the stored procedure; see AbstractDatabase::CreationOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed

AbstractSequence SqlUtil::Database::makeSequence | ( | string | name,
|  | number | start = `1`,
|  | number | increment = `1`,
|  | *softnumber | end,
|  | *hash | opts
| ) |  |

creates a database-specific AbstractSequence object corresponding to the arguments

Example:
  my AbstractSequence $seq = $db.makeSequence("seq_queues");

Parameters

  name | the name of the sequence
  start | the starting value of the sequence
  increment | the increment value of the sequence
  end | the endinf value of the sequence, omit for no ending value
  opts | an optional hash of options for the creation of the sequence; see AbstractDatabase::CreationOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed
  SEQUENCE-ERROR | end not compatible with start and increment, increment is zero

AbstractTable SqlUtil::Database::makeTable | ( | string | name,
|  | hash | desc,
|  | *hash | opts
| ) |  |

creates a database-specific AbstractTable object corresponding to the arguments

Example:
  my AbstractTable $table = $db.makeTable("table", $th);

Parameters

  name | the name of the table
  desc | a table description hash describing the table
  opts | an optional hash of options for the table creation string; see SqlUtil::AbstractTable::TableOptions for common options; each driver can support additional driver-specific options

Exceptions

  OPTION-ERROR | invalid or unsupported option passed

See Also
  SqlUtil::Table::constructor()

any SqlUtil::Database::tryExec | ( | string | sql | ) |

executes some SQL with optional arguments so that if an error occurs the current transaction state is not lost

Example:
  $t.tryExec("drop table tmp_table");

Include any arguments in the parameter list after the sql argument

Parameters

  sql | the SQL to execute

Returns
  any return value from the SQL command executed

any SqlUtil::Database::tryExecArgs | ( | string | sql,
|  | *softlist | args
| ) |  |

executes some SQL with optional arguments so that if an error occurs the current transaction state is not lost

Example:
  $t.tryExec("delete from tmp_table where id = %v and name = %v", $arglist);

Parameters

  sql | the SQL to execute
  args | the bind / placeholder or other arguments corresponding to the SQL string

Returns
  any return value from the SQL command executed

any SqlUtil::Database::tryExecRaw | ( | string | sql | ) |

executes some SQL so that if an error occurs the current transaction state is not lost

Example:
  $t.tryExecRaw("drop table tmp_table");

Include any arguments in the parameter list after the sql argument

Parameters

  sql | the SQL to execute

Returns
  any return value from the SQL command executed