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#node-postgres
Non-blocking (async) pure JavaScript PostgreSQL client for node.js written
with love and TDD.
## alpha version
### Installation
npm install pg
### Example
var Client = require('pg').Client;
var client = new Client({
user: 'brianc',
database: 'test',
password: 'boom' //plaintext or md5 supported
});
client.connect();
client.on('drain', client.end.bind(client));
//queries are queued on a per-client basis and executed one at a time
client.query("create temp table user(heart varchar(10), birthday timestamptz);");
//parameters are always parsed & prepared inside of PostgreSQL server
//using unnamed prepared statement (no sql injection! yay!)
client.query({
text: 'INSERT INTO user(heart, birthday) VALUES ($1, $2)',
values: ['big', new Date(2031, 03, 03)]
});
client.query({
text: 'INSERT INTO user(heart, birthday) VALUES ($1, $2)',
values: ['filled with kisses', new Date(2010, 01, 01)]
});
var simpleQuery = client.query("select * from user where heart = 'big'");
simpleQuery.on('row', function(row){
console.log(row.heart); //big
console.log(row.birthday.getYear()); //2031
});
var preparedStatement = client.query({
name: 'user by heart type',
text: 'select * from user where heart = $1',
values: ['big']
});
preparedStatement.on('row', function(row){
console.log(row.heart); //big
console.log(row.birthday.getYear()); //2031
});
var cachedPreparedStatement = client.query({
name: 'user by heart type',
//you can omit the text the 2nd time if using a named query
values: ['filled with kisses']
});
cachedPreparedStatement.on('row', function(row){
console.log(row.heart); //filled with kisses
console.log(row.birthday.getYear()); //2010
});
### Philosophy
* well tested
* no monkey patching
* no dependencies (...besides PostgreSQL)
* [extreme documentation](http://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/wiki)
### features
- prepared statement support
- parameters
- query caching
- type coercion
- date <-> timestamptz
- integer <-> integer, smallint, bigint
- float <-> double, numeric
- boolean <-> boolean
- notification message support
- tested like a Toyota
~1000 assertions executed on
- ubuntu
- node v0.2.2, v0.2.3, v0.2.4, v0.2.5, v0.3.0, v0.3.1
- postgres 8.4.4
- osx
- node v0.2.2, v0.2.3, v0.2.4, v0.2.5, v0.3.0, v0.3.1
- postgres v8.4.4, v9.0.1 installed both locally and on networked Windows 7
### Contributing
clone the repo:
git clone git://github.com/brianc/node-postgres
cd node-postgres
node test/run.js
And just like magic, you're ready to contribute! <3
## More info please
### Documentation
__PLEASE__ check out the [WIKI](node-postgres/wiki). __MUCH__ more information there.
### Working?
[this page](http://www.explodemy.com) is running the worlds worst (but fully functional) PostgreSQL backed, Node.js powered website.
### Why did you write this?
As soon as I saw node.js for the first time I knew I had found
something lovely and simple and _just what I always wanted!_. So...I
poked around for a while. I was excited. I still am!
I drew major inspiration from [postgres-js](http://github.com/creationix/postgres-js).
I also drew some major inspirrado from
[node-mysql](http://github.com/felixge/node-mysql) and liked what I
saw there.
### Plans for the future?
- transparent prepared statement caching
- connection pooling
- more testings of error scenarios
## License
node-postgres is licensed under the [MIT license](node-postgres/blob/master/License).