Go: database/sql: Ability to get drivername from instance

[pedromorgan]

I'd like to be able to get the driver name..

eg

Db, err = sql.Open("mysql", "root:root@/somestuff")
fmt.Printf("Driver= ",  Db.Driver.Name) << Need...

Case Example.. I want to derive an sqlx instance from an existing connection

// Currently
func SetupDb( driver string, db *sql.DB){
    Dbx = sqlx.NewDb(db, driver)
}
// Wanted
func SetupDb( db *sql.DB){
    Dbx = sqlx.NewDb(db, db.Driver.Name)
}

https://github.com/daffodil/go-mailkit/blob/master/postfixadmin/setup.go#L15

[bradfitz]

I don't know what an sqlx is. When you open a *DB with https://golang.org/pkg/database/sql/#Open , can't you just remember the mapping between (driverName, dataSourceName) and the *DB yourself?

[pedromorgan]

In this case, I am trying to avoid having to store another variable with the driver name and having to pass it around. Expect it could be added to the Db instance itself for convenienace instead.

[bradfitz]

Maybe we could add it to DBStats, so we don't add new methods to DB and users can just use the existing Stats method.

[msaron]

I need this functionality also. I am using some external libraries and they want the database connection and the driver name (as string).

[kardianos]

One way you can do this today is to get the DB.Driver() and reflect on that type.

See https://github.com/golang-sql/sqlexp/blob/c2488a8be21d20d31abf0d05c2735efd2d09afe4/quoter.go#L46
for an example. It isn't foolproof as driver type names may change, but they usually don't.

[pedromorgan]

Well thats one way to skin a cat, what I am having to do as a workaroundzzz,
is pass a struct{driver+creds+ nick+stuff} around....

and it seems daft to me that there is not a "field" for the want of the word that simply contains the driver_name and some meta data..

Example case.. Here u are with a new db connection... and a new project..
So before i start to even load that, I need to run around all the db admins asking ? which engine is this code using ?

so its daft.. in my case btw i run www sites + scripts and interfacing db's of all types.. so this is a "bane of contention" as I now need to move around all driver info et all, instead of a DB "object" that COULD do that for me.. Its a simple solution and i dont unserstand quite why it aint there.. to be honest..

https://golang.org/pkg/database/sql/driver/#Driver

```
type Driver interface {
// Open returns a new connection to the database.
// The name is a string in a driver-specific format.
//
// Open may return a cached connection (one previously
// closed), but doing so is unnecessary; the sql package
// maintains a pool of idle connections for efficient re-use.
//
// The returned connection is only used by one goroutine at a
// time.
Open(name string) (Conn, error)
Name << Sriver caches name for help down line later
}

Anyway. .sorry for rant..

[pedromorgan]

@kardianos Make is "method" or something.. help me .. Im my case I am using multiple db's(as a new integrator)..

[kardianos]

@pedromorgan You're fine. Are you aware of the DB.Driver method?
https://golang.org/pkg/database/sql/#DB.Driver

Let me think on this though. I created a playground for possible extensions:
https://godoc.org/github.com/golang-sql/sqlexp
as you saw before.

In the meantime I could create something like:

package sqlexp

type Flavor int // Flavor of SQL text.

const (
    Unknown Flavor = iota
    Postgres
    TSQL
    MySQL
    SQLite
)

// DriverFlavor returns the SQL variant used.
//
// Obtain the driver value with the sql.DB.Driver method.
func DriverFlavor(d driver.Driver) Flavor {

}

Then you just have to pass around the *sql.DB, right?

[pedromorgan]

No.. I don't want contstants.. I want to know which driver am using.. from string

If its mysql = No spatial//

The only things I want passed is the Name() of the interface..

Is it postgis ?? is it mysql ?? is it gitsql ?? I need to know that cos I cant even create a connection+addoen unless I know that... !!

Othewise Please implement asap the Reflact Inteterface() which @bradfitz is probally correct in the stats module..

[pedromorgan]

Here is the problem..
https://godoc.org/github.com/freeflightsim/fg-navdb/navdb

I want a local cache vs online one in same interface..

[mattn]

The name should be considered for Flavor vs Dialect. :+1:

[kardianos]

@mattn, yeah, Dialect would probably be a better name. I don't think this needs to be in the std lib right away. I'll prototype something in sqlexp.

@pedromorgan I may not be completly understanding your usecase, but if you want to see if postgresql has the postgis extensions installed, that seems like a capability you would query initially when connection. But I'm not arguing with you, a name would be useful attached to a driver. Let me work something up.

[rbranson]

FWIW, this "hack" worked for me:

var sqlDriverNamesByType map[reflect.Type]string

// The database/sql API doesn't provide a way to get the registry name for
// a driver from the driver type.
func sqlDriverToDriverName(driver driver.Driver) string {
  if sqlDriverNamesByType == nil {
    sqlDriverNamesByType = map[reflect.Type]string{}

    for _, driverName := range sql.Drivers() {
      // Tested empty string DSN with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite3 drivers.
      db, _ := sql.Open(driverName, "")

      if db != nil {
        driverType := reflect.TypeOf(db.Driver())
        sqlDriverNamesByType[driverType] = driverName
      }
    }
  }

  driverType := reflect.TypeOf(driver)
  if driverName, found := sqlDriverNamesByType[driverType]; found {
    return driverName
  }

  return ""
}

[winjeg]

I encountered the same problem.
In my case, I want to write some middleware without leting the users care about which database type they use.

func init(db *sql.DB) {
   swith(getDbType(db)) {
        case "mysql":
            // logic 1
        case "oracle":
           // logic 2
        case "postgres":
          // logic 3

   }
}

[filinvadim]

SELECT version(); and parsing response after helps me. Not a best idea i know.

[andreynering]

As an author of database libraries that work with multiple drivers (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MSSQL, etc) I also think it'd be extremely useful to be able to detect which driver the user is using (without having to ask for an additional parameter).

[leoleoasd]

I also need this feature to know the driver name while doing database migrations cause different driver requires different SQL.

[Julio-Guerra]

I encountered the same problem.
In my case, I want to write some middleware without leting the users care about which database type they use.

func init(db *sql.DB) {
   swith(getDbType(db)) {
        case "mysql":
            // logic 1
        case "oracle":
           // logic 2
        case "postgres":
          // logic 3

   }
}

I have a similar need to know what is the SQL dialect of a database (MySQL, Oracle, etc.). For now, I manually maintain a list of Go driver package names and their dialects (eg. github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql => MySQL). So I get the package name using reflect on the driver instance. Ideally, I'd love a driver to provide the dialect its database has.