Modifying and saving rows directly

Hi!

I have a use-case where I have to modify multiple properties of a row in different parts of the code, so I had to make a lot of UPDATE statements, which is a lot of boilerplate and I’m not sure if it’s the right approach.

Instead, I was thinking if it would be possible to make the properties of the generated interface mutable, and then update the table with the row as an input. Something similar like this feature #757 but instead of an insert, it could be an update with the row as an input and with a dynamic where.

Does it make any sense as a feature request or is there a better way to update multiple properties already?

[ashughes]

Actually, I figured it out by looking at #505. For anyone else wondering, here’s an example:

-- User.sq

CREATE TABLE user(
  id TEXT NOT NULL
  name TEXT NOT NULL,
  created INTEGER NOT NULL
);

insertOrReplace:
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO user VALUES ?;

insertOrReplaceJustName:
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO user(name) VALUES ?;

get:
SELECT * FROM user WHERE id = ?;

fun updateUserName(userId: String, name: String) {
    val user = db.userQueries.get(userId).executeAsOne() as User.Impl
    val updatedUser = user.copy(name = name)
    db.userQueries.insertOrReplace(updatedUser)
}

@AlecStrong Is this what you meant? Please let me know if there’s anything I’m misunderstanding or could do better.

[AlecStrong]

nope you got it 👍