= Motto-Mysql README

Release: 0.1.0

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* website: http://motto-mysql.rubyforge.org/
* download: http://rubyforge.org/projects/motto-mysql/
* repository: http://github.com/kwatch/motto-mysql/
* bug reports: http://kuwata-lab-products.googlegroups.com/


== About

'Motto-Mysql' is a complementary library to enhance 'mysql-ruby'.
It adds some methods into Mysql::Result and Mysql::Stmt classes.

Motto-mysql requires mysql-ruby 2.7.4 or later (recommended 2.7.5 or later).


== Features

* Add 'fetch_as_hash,array,object()' and 'fetch_all_as_hashes,arrays,objects()'
methods into Mysql::Result and Mysql::Stmt classes.
These methods returns proper data instead of String.
For example, you can get 123 instead of "123", true/false instead of "1"/"0".

* Time object will be returned instead of Mysql::Time.

* True or false will be returned instead of 1 or 0 if column type is tinyint.

* 3.14 will be returned, while Mysql::Stmt.fetch() returns 3.14000010490417.


== Install

(1) Be sure that header files of Ruby and MySQL are installed.
(2) Install mysql-ruby (>= 2.7.4) if not installed yet.
(3) Install Motto-Mysql by RubyGems or 'setup.rb'.

The following is an example of steps to install by 'setup.rb'.

### install mysql-ruby (if not installed yet)
$ tar xzf mysql-ruby-2.8.tar.gz
$ cd mysql-ruby-2.8/
$ which mysql_config
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
$ ruby extconf.rb --with-mysql-config
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd ..
### install motto-mysql
$ tar xzf motto-mysql-0.1.0.tar.gz
$ cd motto-mysql-0.1.0
$ which mysql_config
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
$ sudo ruby setup.rb


== Example

require 'mysql'
require 'motto_mysql'

conn = Mysql.connect('localhost', 'username', 'password', 'dbname')
sql = 'select * from items';

### Mysql::Result#fetch_as_hash() vs. Mysql::Result#fetch_as_hash()
result = conn.query(sql)
p result.fetch_as_hash() #=> {"id"=>"1", "name"=>"foo", "price"=>"3.14",
# "created_at"=>#<Mysql::Time>, "flag"=>"1" }
result.free()
result = conn.query(sql)
p result.fetch_as_hash #=> {"id"=>1, "name"=>"foo", "price"=>3.14,
# "created_at"=>#<Time>, "flag"=>true }
result.free() #=> Mysql::Error ("Mysql::Result object is freed.")

### Mysql::Result#fetch_row() vs. Mysql::Result#fetch_as_array()
result = conn.query(sql)
p result.fetch_row #=> {"1", "foo", "3.14", #<Mysql::Time>, "1" }
result.free()
result = conn.query(sql)
p result.fetch_as_hash #=> {1, "foo", 3.14, #<Time>, true }
result.free() #=> Mysql::Error ("Mysql::Result object is freed.")

### Mysql::Result#fetch_as()
class MyObject
end
result = conn.query(sql)
result.fetch_as(MyClass) #=> #<MyClass @id=1, @name="foo", @price=>3.14,
@created_at=>#<Time>, @flag=>true>
result.free() #=> Mysql::Error ("Mysql::Result object is freed.")

### Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_hashes()
result = conn.query(sql)
p result.fetch_all_as_hashes #=> [ {"id"=>1, "name"=>"foo", ... },
# {"id"=>2, "name"=>"bar", ... }, ]
# or result.fetch_all_as_hashes {|hash| p hash }

### Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_arrays()
result = conn.query(sql)
p result.fetch_all_as_arrays #=> [ [1, "foo", 3.14, ...],
# [2, "bar", 3.15, ...], ]
# or result.fetch_all_as_arrays {|array| p array }

### Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as()
result = conn.query(sql)
p result.fetch_all_as(MyClass) #=> [ #<MyObject @id=1, @name="foo", ...>,
# #<MyObject @id=2, @name="bar", ...>, ]
# or result.fetch_all_as(MyClass) {|object| p object }


== API

=== class Mysql::Result

: Mysql::Result#fetch_as_hash()
Similar to Mysql::Result#fetch_as_hash(), but values are converted
into proper class and Mysql::Result#free() is called automatically.
For example, Mysql::Result#fetch_as_hash() returns
(({ 'float'=>3.14, 'date'=>Time.mktime(2008, 1, 1), 'flag'=>true }))
while Mysql::Result#fetch_as_hash() returns
(({ 'float'=>"3.14", 'date'=>"2008-01-01", 'flag'=>"1" }))
.

: Mysql::Result#fetch_as_hash!()
Same as Mysql::Result#fetch_as_hash() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Result#free() automatically.

: Mysql::Result#fetch_as_array()
Similar to Mysql::Result#fetch_row(), but values are converted
into proper class and Mysql::Result#free() is called automatically.
For example, Mysql::Result#fetch_as_array() returns
(({ 3.14, Time.mktime(2008, 1, 1), true }))
while Mysql::Result#fetch_row() returns
(({ "3.14", "2008-01-01", "1" }))
.

: Mysql::Result#fetch_as_array!()
Same as Mysql::Result#fetch_as_array() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Result#free() automatically.

: Mysql::Result#fetch_as_object(class), Mysql::Result#fetch_as(class)
Similar to Mysql::Result#fetch_as_hash(), but instance object
of ClassObject is returned instead of hash object.
Column data are set as instance variables of the object.

: Mysql::Result#fetch_as_object!(class), Mysql::Result#fetch_as!(class)
Same as Mysql::Result#fetch_as_object() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Result#free() automatically.


: Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_hashes()
Fetch all records by Result#fetch_as_hash().
If block is given, it is called with each fetched hash object.
If block is not given, just returns an array of fetched hash objects.
Mysql::Result#free() is called automatically.

: Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_hashes!()
Same as Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_hashes() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Result#free() automatically.

: Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_arrays()
Fetch all records by Result#fetch_as_array().
If block is given, it is called with each fetched array object.
If block is not given, just returns an array of fetched array objects.
Mysql::Result#free() is called automatically.

: Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_arrays!()
Same as Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_arrays() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Result#free() automatically.

: Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_objects(class), Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as(class)
Fetch all records by Result#fetch_as_object().
If block is given, it is called with each fetched object.
If block is not given, just returns an array of fetched objects.
Mysql::Result#free() is called automatically.

: Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_objects!(class), Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as!(class)
Same as Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_objects() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Result#free() automatically.


=== class Mysql::Stmt

: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as_hash()
Equivarent to Mysql::Resutl#fetch_as_hash().
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close() are called automatically.

: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as_hash!()
Same as Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as_hash() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close().

: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as_array()
Equivarent to Mysql::Resutl#fetch_as_array().
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close() are called automatically.

: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as_array!()
Same as Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as_array() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close().

: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as_object(class), Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as(class)
Equivarent to Mysql::Result#fetch_as_object().
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close() are called automatically.

: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as_object!(class), Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as!(class)
Same as Mysql::Stmt#fetch_as_object() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close().


: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_all_as_hashes()
Equivarent to Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_hashes().
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close() are called automatically.

: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_all_as_hashes!()
Same as Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_hashes() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close() automatically.


: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_all_as_arrays()
Equivarent to Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_arrays().
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close() are called automatically.

: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_all_as_arrays!()
Same as Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_arrays() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close() automatically.

: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_all_as_objects(class), Mysql::Stmt#fetch_all_as(class)
Equivarent to Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_objects().
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close() are called automatically.

: Mysql::Stmt#fetch_all_as_objects!(class), Mysql::Stmt#fetch_all_as!(class)
Same as Mysql::Result#fetch_all_as_objects() but this doesn't call
Mysql::Stmt#free_result() and Mysql::Stmt#close() automatically.



== Tips

=== Timestamp class

If column type is timestamp, fetch_as_xxx() and fetch_all_as_xxx() methods
in Mysql::Result and Mysql::Stmt classes returns:

* Time object when 1970 <= year < 2038
* DateTime object when year < 1970 or 2038 <= year

Because Ruby's Time class causes ArgumentError when year < 1970 or 2038 <= year.

(Notice that this is for 32bit environment. If you are in 64 bit environment,
Ruby's Time object will be returned everytime.)


== License

Ruby's license


== Author

makoto kuwata <kwa(at)kuwata-lab.com>


== Bug reports

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