Feature request: Named parameters in prepared statements / parameterized queries

I would like it very much if we could name parameters in queries, instead of the current $1, $2, $3… nonsense. For example:

client.query("INSERT INTO beatles(name, height, birthday) values($1, $2, $3)", ['John', 68, new Date(1944, 10, 13)]);

would become:

client.query("INSERT INTO beatles(name, height, birthday) values(:name, :height, :birthday)", {
  name: 'John',
  height: 68,
  birthday: new Date(1944, 10, 13)
});

It would allow for much cleaner code in more complex cases.

[bwestergard]

I’ve followed brianc’s advice and put together a monkeypatching solution that should work with node-postgres and node-postgres-pure alike.

https://github.com/bwestergard/node-postgres-named

[pihvi]

Here’s another “cleaner” way to solve this with a library. No need for monkeypatching:

var sql = require('yesql').pg;

client.query(sql("INSERT INTO beatles(name, height, birthday) values(:name, :height, :birthday)")({
  name: 'John',
  height: 68,
  birthday: new Date(1944, 10, 13)
}));