Handling Dynamic Queries (cant scan into struct)











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When using go-pg where the structure of queries is static - querying/scanning directly into a known struct works like a dream. But, I am struggling to handle dynamic queries - ones where there is no struct to scan into.



For example, depending on some run time parameters - queries could look like:



select foo from table


or it could be



select foo,bar,baz from table1


or



select x,y,z from table2


I've been trying to figure out how to use load the results into a map. The code below throws an error "invalid character '' looking for beginning of value"



m := make(map[string]interface{})
_,err:=db.Query(&m, "select foo,bar from table1")
if err!=nil{
fmt.Println(err)
}


I'm just starting to learn go - and am totally lost. Any tips on how to handle dynamic queries










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    When using go-pg where the structure of queries is static - querying/scanning directly into a known struct works like a dream. But, I am struggling to handle dynamic queries - ones where there is no struct to scan into.



    For example, depending on some run time parameters - queries could look like:



    select foo from table


    or it could be



    select foo,bar,baz from table1


    or



    select x,y,z from table2


    I've been trying to figure out how to use load the results into a map. The code below throws an error "invalid character '' looking for beginning of value"



    m := make(map[string]interface{})
    _,err:=db.Query(&m, "select foo,bar from table1")
    if err!=nil{
    fmt.Println(err)
    }


    I'm just starting to learn go - and am totally lost. Any tips on how to handle dynamic queries










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      When using go-pg where the structure of queries is static - querying/scanning directly into a known struct works like a dream. But, I am struggling to handle dynamic queries - ones where there is no struct to scan into.



      For example, depending on some run time parameters - queries could look like:



      select foo from table


      or it could be



      select foo,bar,baz from table1


      or



      select x,y,z from table2


      I've been trying to figure out how to use load the results into a map. The code below throws an error "invalid character '' looking for beginning of value"



      m := make(map[string]interface{})
      _,err:=db.Query(&m, "select foo,bar from table1")
      if err!=nil{
      fmt.Println(err)
      }


      I'm just starting to learn go - and am totally lost. Any tips on how to handle dynamic queries










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      When using go-pg where the structure of queries is static - querying/scanning directly into a known struct works like a dream. But, I am struggling to handle dynamic queries - ones where there is no struct to scan into.



      For example, depending on some run time parameters - queries could look like:



      select foo from table


      or it could be



      select foo,bar,baz from table1


      or



      select x,y,z from table2


      I've been trying to figure out how to use load the results into a map. The code below throws an error "invalid character '' looking for beginning of value"



      m := make(map[string]interface{})
      _,err:=db.Query(&m, "select foo,bar from table1")
      if err!=nil{
      fmt.Println(err)
      }


      I'm just starting to learn go - and am totally lost. Any tips on how to handle dynamic queries







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          You can achieve this by first scanning the database row values into a slice and subsequently building a map holding the values of the row.



          Here is an example where the query results are scanned into an slice of pointers to variables of type interface{}.



          sql := "select foo,bar from table1"
          rows, err := db.Query(sql)
          columns, err := rows.Columns()

          // for each database row / record, a map with the column names and row values is added to the allMaps slice
          var allMaps map[string]interface{}

          for rows.Next() {
          values := make(interface{}, len(columns))
          pointers := make(interface{}, len(columns))
          for i,_ := range values {
          pointers[i] = &values[i]
          }
          err := rows.Scan(pointers...)
          resultMap := make(map[string]interface{})
          for i,val := range values {
          fmt.Printf("Adding key=%s val=%vn", columns[i], val)
          resultMap[columns[i]] = val
          }
          allMaps = append(allMaps, resultMap)
          }


          For brevity, no error checking is performed on any errors.






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          • i had to switch from go-pg to database/sql with lib/pq and this works perfect.
            – user163757
            Nov 25 at 0:21










          • You can also consider to use sqlx instead of database/sql for more functionality jmoiron.github.io/sqlx
            – Alexander van Trijffel
            Nov 25 at 12:40











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          You can achieve this by first scanning the database row values into a slice and subsequently building a map holding the values of the row.



          Here is an example where the query results are scanned into an slice of pointers to variables of type interface{}.



          sql := "select foo,bar from table1"
          rows, err := db.Query(sql)
          columns, err := rows.Columns()

          // for each database row / record, a map with the column names and row values is added to the allMaps slice
          var allMaps map[string]interface{}

          for rows.Next() {
          values := make(interface{}, len(columns))
          pointers := make(interface{}, len(columns))
          for i,_ := range values {
          pointers[i] = &values[i]
          }
          err := rows.Scan(pointers...)
          resultMap := make(map[string]interface{})
          for i,val := range values {
          fmt.Printf("Adding key=%s val=%vn", columns[i], val)
          resultMap[columns[i]] = val
          }
          allMaps = append(allMaps, resultMap)
          }


          For brevity, no error checking is performed on any errors.






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          • i had to switch from go-pg to database/sql with lib/pq and this works perfect.
            – user163757
            Nov 25 at 0:21










          • You can also consider to use sqlx instead of database/sql for more functionality jmoiron.github.io/sqlx
            – Alexander van Trijffel
            Nov 25 at 12:40















          up vote
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          accepted










          You can achieve this by first scanning the database row values into a slice and subsequently building a map holding the values of the row.



          Here is an example where the query results are scanned into an slice of pointers to variables of type interface{}.



          sql := "select foo,bar from table1"
          rows, err := db.Query(sql)
          columns, err := rows.Columns()

          // for each database row / record, a map with the column names and row values is added to the allMaps slice
          var allMaps map[string]interface{}

          for rows.Next() {
          values := make(interface{}, len(columns))
          pointers := make(interface{}, len(columns))
          for i,_ := range values {
          pointers[i] = &values[i]
          }
          err := rows.Scan(pointers...)
          resultMap := make(map[string]interface{})
          for i,val := range values {
          fmt.Printf("Adding key=%s val=%vn", columns[i], val)
          resultMap[columns[i]] = val
          }
          allMaps = append(allMaps, resultMap)
          }


          For brevity, no error checking is performed on any errors.






          share|improve this answer





















          • i had to switch from go-pg to database/sql with lib/pq and this works perfect.
            – user163757
            Nov 25 at 0:21










          • You can also consider to use sqlx instead of database/sql for more functionality jmoiron.github.io/sqlx
            – Alexander van Trijffel
            Nov 25 at 12:40













          up vote
          1
          down vote



          accepted







          up vote
          1
          down vote



          accepted






          You can achieve this by first scanning the database row values into a slice and subsequently building a map holding the values of the row.



          Here is an example where the query results are scanned into an slice of pointers to variables of type interface{}.



          sql := "select foo,bar from table1"
          rows, err := db.Query(sql)
          columns, err := rows.Columns()

          // for each database row / record, a map with the column names and row values is added to the allMaps slice
          var allMaps map[string]interface{}

          for rows.Next() {
          values := make(interface{}, len(columns))
          pointers := make(interface{}, len(columns))
          for i,_ := range values {
          pointers[i] = &values[i]
          }
          err := rows.Scan(pointers...)
          resultMap := make(map[string]interface{})
          for i,val := range values {
          fmt.Printf("Adding key=%s val=%vn", columns[i], val)
          resultMap[columns[i]] = val
          }
          allMaps = append(allMaps, resultMap)
          }


          For brevity, no error checking is performed on any errors.






          share|improve this answer












          You can achieve this by first scanning the database row values into a slice and subsequently building a map holding the values of the row.



          Here is an example where the query results are scanned into an slice of pointers to variables of type interface{}.



          sql := "select foo,bar from table1"
          rows, err := db.Query(sql)
          columns, err := rows.Columns()

          // for each database row / record, a map with the column names and row values is added to the allMaps slice
          var allMaps map[string]interface{}

          for rows.Next() {
          values := make(interface{}, len(columns))
          pointers := make(interface{}, len(columns))
          for i,_ := range values {
          pointers[i] = &values[i]
          }
          err := rows.Scan(pointers...)
          resultMap := make(map[string]interface{})
          for i,val := range values {
          fmt.Printf("Adding key=%s val=%vn", columns[i], val)
          resultMap[columns[i]] = val
          }
          allMaps = append(allMaps, resultMap)
          }


          For brevity, no error checking is performed on any errors.







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          answered Nov 22 at 23:46









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          • i had to switch from go-pg to database/sql with lib/pq and this works perfect.
            – user163757
            Nov 25 at 0:21










          • You can also consider to use sqlx instead of database/sql for more functionality jmoiron.github.io/sqlx
            – Alexander van Trijffel
            Nov 25 at 12:40


















          • i had to switch from go-pg to database/sql with lib/pq and this works perfect.
            – user163757
            Nov 25 at 0:21










          • You can also consider to use sqlx instead of database/sql for more functionality jmoiron.github.io/sqlx
            – Alexander van Trijffel
            Nov 25 at 12:40
















          i had to switch from go-pg to database/sql with lib/pq and this works perfect.
          – user163757
          Nov 25 at 0:21




          i had to switch from go-pg to database/sql with lib/pq and this works perfect.
          – user163757
          Nov 25 at 0:21












          You can also consider to use sqlx instead of database/sql for more functionality jmoiron.github.io/sqlx
          – Alexander van Trijffel
          Nov 25 at 12:40




          You can also consider to use sqlx instead of database/sql for more functionality jmoiron.github.io/sqlx
          – Alexander van Trijffel
          Nov 25 at 12:40


















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