mysql-activerecord

MySQL ActiveRecord Adapter for Node.js

Active Record Database Pattern implementation for use with node-mysql as MySQL connection driver.

It enables similar database operations as in CodeIgniter (a PHP web applications framework). The main benefit and the reason I worked on this was the ability to direct JavaScript objects straight to MySQL queries without having to worry about constructing the query itself. Although Active Record is maybe a tiny step closer to ORM, I see a lot of value in the Active Record as it allows more control over database queries than traditional ORM.

• Light-weight
• Supports all basic MySQL commands
• Supports method chaining
• Automatically escapes field values

How to install

npm install mysql-activerecord

Licence info

Copyright (c) 2011 Martin Tajur ([e-mail]) Licensed under the GPL license and MIT:

• http://www.opensource.org/licenses/GPL-license.php
• http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

Basic support of MySQL commands

• SELECT
• UPDATE
• INSERT
• DELETE
• JOIN
• LIMIT and OFFSET
• ORDER BY

To Do (not supported yet)

• LIKE, NOT LIKE
• operators such as !=, >, <, >=, <=
• WHERE OR
• etc.

Usage examples

Establishing a connection

var db = new require('mysql-activerecord').Adapter({
	server: 'localhost',
	username: 'root',
	password: '12345',
	database: 'test'
});

Basic SELECT query

db.get('people', function(err, results, fields) {
	console.log(results);
});

INSERT query

var data = {
	name: 'Martin',
	email: '[e-mail]'
};

db.insert('people', data, function(err, info) {
	console.log('New row ID is ' + info.insertId);
});

SELECT query with WHERE clause

db
	.where({ name: 'Martin' })
	.get('people', function(err, results, fields) {
		console.log(results);
	});

SELECT query with custom fields, WHERE, JOIN and LIMIT

db
	.select(['people.id', 'people.name', 'people.email', 'songs.title'])
	.join('songs', 'people.favorite_song_id', 'left')
	.where({
		'people.name': 'Martin',
		'songs.title': 'Yesterday'
	})
	.limit(5, 10)
	.order_by('people.name asc')
	.get('people', function(err, results, fields) {
		console.log(results);
	});

Basic UPDATE query

var newData = {
	name: 'John',
	email: '[e-mail]'
};

db
	.where({ id: 1 });
	.update('people', newData, function(err) {
		if (!err) {
			console.log('Updated!');
		}
	});

Basic DELETE query

db
	.where({ id: 1 })
	.delete('people', function(err) {
		if (!err) {
			console.log('Deleted!')
		}
	});

Methods

• .select(selectFieldName)
• .select([selectFieldName, selectFieldName, ... ])
• .where(fieldName, fieldValue)
• .where({ fieldName: fieldValue, fieldName: fieldValue, ... })
• .order_by(orderByCondition)
• .order_by([orderByCondition, orderByCondition, ... ])
• .join(tableName, joinCondition, joinDirection)
• .update(tableName, newData, responseCallback)
• .delete(tableName, responseCallback)
• .insert(tableName, newData, responseCallback)
• .get(tableName, responseCallback)
• .limit(limitNumber)
• .limit(limitNumber, offsetNumber)
• .query(sqlQueryString, responseCallback)
• .ping()
• ._last_query()