xo VS goqu

i like xo's approach https://github.com/xo/xo but it is as is. I would love if something similar comes along that is used by db practititoners that is actively used and supported.

I use xo https://github.com/xo/xo . It generates CRUD queries by default so i don't have to write basic queries and it has option to write complex queries like sqlx. Only issue is it is not well documented.

SQL is an old, irregular language to work with, but it is better known than HCL and SQL already has it's own Pulumi/CDK in the form of every ORM with introspection (like Javascript's Prisma, Python's Django, Go's XO etc) and QueryBuilder (LINQ, Knex, etc) in whatever programming language you prefer. You probably already know it.

I am using the library xo to generate basic data retrieval code from a sql schema for a crud api.

Sorry for the confusion, we're not generating the database client itself, more like generating an ORM around a database client. The ORM takes these database clients as dependencies. It's very similar to the way XO works with it's multi-database support: https://github.com/xo/xo/tree/master/_examples/northwind

i use xo . Reason is i prefer designing schema first and creating golang scaffolding later. Xo takes schema and gives me basic create/update/delete operations by default and i can also generate gocode for any sql queries that i write.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I see that it works best with Postgresql. The other commenter mentioned https://github.com/xo/xo for MySql which might work well.

Thanks for your comment and question @onionisfruit. Top-notch handle too!

>> What are your plans for models and persistence?

I haven't worked out all the details, but it's going to be some blend of https://github.com/xo/xo and https://sqlc.dev/.

Design goals:

1. High-level, type-safe "ORM" that's generated from your database schema.

For SQL, I'd probably go with goqu http://doug-martin.github.io/goqu/

I use goqu (https://github.com/doug-martin/goqu)

SQL Builders (think squirrel or goqu)

I've been looking for a package that allows me to build Postgres DDL statements in Golang. I'm currently using Goqu (https://github.com/doug-martin/goqu) for building statements and it works great, however it does not have support for building schemas. Basic things like creating tables, creating indexes. A great one in JavaScript can be found here: (https://knexjs.org/guide/schema-builder.html#essentials) I have been unable to find anything in Go, does anyone know of any packages like this?

Then use something like https://github.com/doug-martin/goqu to build the SQL.

Try this

We've been using goqu and it's super nice! although there are a ton of other query builders that could better fit your use-case.

If the statement is too dynamic to use query parameters I'd ideally use a dynamic query builder rather than concatenating strings. Goqu is a lib like that but I haven't yet used it personally https://github.com/doug-martin/goqu