simple-oracledb
Extend capabilities of oracledb with simplified API for quicker development.
Overview
This library enables to modify the oracledb main object, oracledb pool and oracledb connection of the official oracle node.js driver.
The main goal is to provide an extended oracledb connection which provides more functionality for most use cases.
The new functionality aim is to be simpler and more strait forward to enable quicker development.
Usage
In order to use this library, you need to either extend the main oracledb object as follows:
var oracledb = require('oracledb');
var SimpleOracleDB = require('simple-oracledb');
SimpleOracleDB.extend(oracledb);
oracledb.getConnection(function onConnection(error, connection) {
if (error) {
} else {
connection.query(...);
}
});
Another option is to modify your oracledb pool instance (in case the pool was created outside your code and
out of your control), as follows:
var SimpleOracleDB = require('simple-oracledb');
function myFunction(pool) {
SimpleOracleDB.extend(pool);
pool.getConnection(function onConnection(error, connection) {
if (error) {
} else {
connection.query(...);
}
});
}
One last option is to modify your oracledb connection instance (in case the connection was created outside your code
and out of your control), as follows:
var SimpleOracleDB = require('simple-oracledb');
function doSomething(connection, callback) {
SimpleOracleDB.extend(connection);
connection.query(...);
}
'oracledb.createPool(poolAttributes, callback)'
This function modifies the existing oracledb.createPool function by enhancing the returned pool to support retry in the getConnection function.
The pool.getConnection will retry configurable amount of times with configurable interval between attempts to return a connection in the getConnection function.
In case all attempts fail, the getConnection callback will receive the error object of the last attempt.
oracledb.createPool({
retryCount: 5,
retryInterval: 500,
runValidationSQL: true,
validationSQL: 'SELECT 1 FROM DUAL',
}, function onPoolCreated(error, pool) {
});
'pool.getConnection(callback)'
This function will attempt to fetch a connection from the pool and in case of any error will reattempt for a configurable amount of times.
It will also ensure the provided connection is valid by running a test SQL and if validation fails, it will fetch another connection (continue to reattempt).
See https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/blob/master/doc/api.md#getconnectionpool for official API details.
See https://github.com/sagiegurari/simple-oracledb/blob/master/docs/api.md#SimpleOracleDB.oracle.createPool for extended createPool API details.
oracledb.createPool({
retryCount: 5,
retryInterval: 500,
runValidationSQL: true,
validationSQL: 'SELECT 1 FROM DUAL',
}, function onPoolCreated(error, pool) {
pool.getConnection(function onConnection(poolError, connection) {
});
});
'pool.terminate([callback])'
This function modifies the existing pool.terminate function by enabling the input
callback to be an optional parameter.
Since there is no real way to release the pool that fails to be terminated, all that you can do in the callback
is just log the error and continue.
Therefore this function allows you to ignore the need to pass a callback and makes it as an optional parameter.
pool.terminate();
pool.terminate(function onTerminate(error) {
if (error) {
}
});
'connection.query(sql, bindVariables, [options], callback)'
Provides simpler interface than the original oracledb connection.execute function to enable simple query invocation.
The callback output will be an array of objects, each object holding a property for each field with the actual value.
All LOBs will be read and all rows will be fetched.
This function is not recommended for huge results sets or huge LOB values as it will consume a lot of memory.
The function arguments used to execute the 'query' are exactly as defined in the oracledb connection.execute function.
connection.query('SELECT department_id, department_name FROM departments WHERE manager_id < :id', [110], function onResults(error, results) {
if (error) {
} else {
console.log(results[3].DEPARTMENT_ID);
}
});
In order to split results into bulks, you can provide the splitResults = true option.
The callback will be called for each bulk with array of objects.
Once all rows are read, the callback will be called with an empty array.
connection.query('SELECT * FROM departments WHERE manager_id > :id', [110], {
splitResults: true,
bulkRowsAmount: 100
}, function onResults(error, results) {
if (error) {
} else if (results.length) {
} else {
}
});
In order to stream results into a read stream, you can provide the streamResults = true option.
The callback will be called with a read stream instance which can be used to fetch/pipe the data.
Once all rows are read, the proper stream events will be called.
var stream = connection.query('SELECT * FROM departments WHERE manager_id > :id', [110], {
streamResults: true
});
stream.on('data', function (row) {
});
'connection.insert(sql, bindVariables, options, callback)'
Provides simpler interface than the original oracledb connection.execute function to enable simple insert invocation with LOB support.
The callback output will be the same as oracledb connection.execute.
All LOBs will be written to the DB via streams and only after all LOBs are written the callback will be called.
The function arguments used to execute the 'insert' are exactly as defined in the oracledb connection.execute function, however the options are mandatory.
connection.insert('INSERT INTO mylobs (id, clob_column1, blob_column2) VALUES (:id, EMPTY_CLOB(), EMPTY_BLOB())', {
id: 110,
clobText1: 'some long clob string',
blobBuffer2: new Buffer('some blob content, can be binary...')
}, {
autoCommit: true,
lobMetaInfo: {
clob_column1: 'clobText1',
blob_column2: 'blobBuffer2'
}
}, function onResults(error, output) {
});
'connection.update(sql, bindVariables, options, callback)'
Provides simpler interface than the original oracledb connection.execute function to enable simple update invocation with LOB support.
The callback output will be the same as oracledb connection.execute.
All LOBs will be written to the DB via streams and only after all LOBs are written the callback will be called.
The function arguments used to execute the 'update' are exactly as defined in the oracledb connection.execute function, however the options are mandatory.
connection.update('UPDATE mylobs SET name = :name, clob_column1 = EMPTY_CLOB(), blob_column2 = EMPTY_BLOB() WHERE id = :id', {
id: 110,
name: 'My Name',
clobText1: 'some long clob string',
blobBuffer2: new Buffer('some blob content, can be binary...')
}, {
autoCommit: true,
lobMetaInfo: {
clob_column1: 'clobText1',
blob_column2: 'blobBuffer2'
}
}, function onResults(error, output) {
});
'connection.queryJSON(sql, [bindVariables], [options], callback)'
This function will invoke the provided SQL SELECT and return a results object with the returned row count and the JSONs.
The json property will hold a single JSON object in case the returned row count is 1, and an array of JSONs in case the row count is higher.
The query expects that only 1 column is fetched and if more are detected in the results, this function will return an error in the callback.
The function arguments used to execute the 'queryJSON' are exactly as defined in the oracledb connection.execute function.
connection.queryJSON('SELECT JSON_DATA FROM APP_CONFIG WHERE ID > :id', [110], function onResults(error, results) {
if (error) {
} else if (results.rowCount === 1) {
console.log(results.json);
} else if (results.rowCount > 1) {
results.json.forEach(function printJSON(json) {
console.log(json);
});
} else {
console.log('Did not find any results');
}
});
'connection.batchInsert(sql, bindVariablesArray, options, callback)'
Enables to run an INSERT SQL statement multiple times for each of the provided bind params.
This allows to insert to same table multiple different rows with one single call.
The callback output will be an array of objects of same as oracledb connection.execute (per row).
All LOBs for all rows will be written to the DB via streams and only after all LOBs are written the callback will be called.
The function arguments used to execute the 'insert' are exactly as defined in the oracledb connection.execute function, however the options are mandatory and
the bind params is now an array of bind params (one per row).
connection.batchInsert('INSERT INTO mylobs (id, clob_column1, blob_column2) VALUES (:id, EMPTY_CLOB(), EMPTY_BLOB())', [
{
id: 110,
clobText1: 'some long clob string',
blobBuffer2: new Buffer('some blob content, can be binary...')
},
{
id: 111,
clobText1: 'second row',
blobBuffer2: new Buffer('second rows')
}
], {
autoCommit: true,
lobMetaInfo: {
clob_column1: 'clobText1',
blob_column2: 'blobBuffer2'
}
}, function onResults(error, output) {
});
'connection.batchUpdate(sql, bindVariablesArray, options, callback)'
Enables to run an UPDATE SQL statement multiple times for each of the provided bind params.
This allows to update to same table multiple different rows with one single call.
The callback output will be an array of objects of same as oracledb connection.execute (per row).
All LOBs for all rows will be written to the DB via streams and only after all LOBs are written the callback will be called.
The function arguments used to execute the 'update' are exactly as defined in the oracledb connection.execute function, however the options are mandatory and
the bind params is now an array of bind params (one per row).
connection.batchUpdate('UPDATE mylobs SET name = :name, clob_column1 = EMPTY_CLOB(), blob_column2 = EMPTY_BLOB() WHERE id = :id', [
{
id: 110,
clobText1: 'some long clob string',
blobBuffer2: new Buffer('some blob content, can be binary...')
},
{
id: 111,
clobText1: 'second row',
blobBuffer2: new Buffer('second rows')
}
], {
autoCommit: true,
lobMetaInfo: {
clob_column1: 'clobText1',
blob_column2: 'blobBuffer2'
}
}, function onResults(error, output) {
});
'connection.transaction(actions, callback)'
Enables to run multiple oracle operations in a single transaction.
This function basically allows to automatically commit or rollback once all your actions are done.
Actions are basically javascript functions which get a callback when invoked, and must call that callback with error or result.
All provided actions are executed in parallel.
Once all actions are done, in case of any error in any action, a rollback will automatically get invoked, otherwise a commit will be invoked.
Once the rollback/commit is done, the provided callback will be invoked with the error (if any) and results of all actions.
When calling any connection operation (execute, insert, update, ...) the connection will automatically set the autoCommit=false and will ignore the value provided.
This is done to prevent commits in the middle of the transaction.
In addition, you can not start a transaction while another transaction is in progress.
connection.transaction([
function insertSomeRows(callback) {
connection.insert(...., function (error, results) {
connection.insert(...., callback);
});
},
function insertSomeMoreRows(callback) {
connection.insert(...., callback);
},
function doSomeUpdates(callback) {
connection.update(...., callback);
},
function runBatchUpdates(callback) {
connection.batchUpdate(...., callback);
}
], function onTransactionResults(error, output) {
});
'connection.release([callback])'
This function modifies the existing connection.release function by enabling the input callback to be an optional parameter.
Since there is no real way to release a connection that fails to be released, all that you can do in the callback is just log the error and continue.
Therefore this function allows you to ignore the need to pass a callback and makes it as an optional parameter.
connection.release();
connection.release(function onRelease(error) {
if (error) {
}
});
'connection.rollback([callback])'
This function modifies the existing connection.rollback function by enabling the input
callback to be an optional parameter.
If rollback fails, you can't really rollback again the data, so the callback is not always needed.
Therefore this function allows you to ignore the need to pass a callback and makes it as an optional parameter.
connection.rollback();
connection.rollback(function onRollback(error) {
if (error) {
}
});
**The rest of the API is the same as defined in the oracledb library: https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/blob/master/doc/api.md**
Installation
In order to use this library, just run the following npm install command:
npm install --save simple-oracledb
This library doesn't define oracledb as a dependency and therefore it is not installed when installing simple-oracledb.
You should define oracledb in your package.json and install it based on the oracledb installation instructions found at: https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/blob/master/INSTALL.md
Limitations
The simpler API can lead to higher memory consumption and therefore might not be suitable in all cases.
Also, since this is work in progress, only few capabilities currently were added.
However, in the near future more and more functionality will be added.
API Documentation
See full docs at: API Docs
Contributing
See contributing guide
Release History
Date | Version | Description |
---|
2016-01-13 | v0.1.11 | Maintenance |
2016-01-12 | v0.1.8 | Avoid issues with oracledb stream option which is based on this library |
2016-01-07 | v0.1.7 | connection.query with streamResults=true returns a readable stream |
2015-12-30 | v0.1.6 | connection.transaction disables commit/rollback while running |
2015-12-29 | v0.1.5 | Maintenance |
2015-12-29 | v0.1.4 | Added connection.transaction |
2015-12-29 | v0.1.3 | Added connection.batchUpdate |
2015-12-22 | v0.1.2 | Added streaming of query results with new option streamResults=true |
2015-12-21 | v0.1.1 | Rename streamResults to splitResults |
2015-12-21 | v0.0.36 | Maintenance |
2015-12-21 | v0.0.35 | New bulkRowsAmount option to manage query resultset behaviour |
2015-12-21 | v0.0.34 | Added splitting of query results into bulks with new option splitResults=true |
2015-12-17 | v0.0.33 | Maintenance |
2015-12-08 | v0.0.24 | Added pool.getConnection connection validation via running SQL test command |
2015-11-30 | v0.0.23 | Maintenance |
2015-11-17 | v0.0.17 | Added pool.getConnection automatic retry |
2015-11-15 | v0.0.16 | Added connection.batchInsert and connection.rollback |
2015-11-05 | v0.0.15 | Maintenance |
2015-10-20 | v0.0.10 | Added connection.queryJSON |
2015-10-19 | v0.0.9 | autoCommit support when doing INSERT/UPDATE with LOBs |
2015-10-19 | v0.0.7 | Added pool.terminate |
2015-10-19 | v0.0.6 | Maintenance |
2015-10-18 | v0.0.5 | Added connection.update |
2015-10-18 | v0.0.4 | Added connection.insert |
2015-10-16 | v0.0.3 | Maintenance |
2015-10-15 | v0.0.1 | Initial release. |
License
Developed by Sagie Gur-Ari and licensed under the Apache 2 open source license.