Database.Persist.ImplicitIdDef.Internal

persistent-2.14.6.3: Type-safe, multi-backend data serialization.

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Language | Haskell2010

Database.Persist.ImplicitIdDef.Internal

Description

of this module will not have a corresponding major version bump.

Please depend on Database.Persist.ImplicitIdDef instead. If you can't use that module, please file an issue on GitHub with your desired use case.

Since: 2.13.0.0

Synopsis

- data ImplicitIdDef = ImplicitIdDef {
  - iidFieldType :: EntityNameHS -> FieldType
  - iidFieldSqlType :: SqlType
  - iidType :: Bool -> Type -> Type
  - iidDefault :: Maybe Text
  - iidMaxLen :: Maybe Integer
  }
- mkImplicitIdDef :: (Typeable t, PersistFieldSql t) => Text -> ImplicitIdDef
- setImplicitIdDefMaxLen :: Integer -> ImplicitIdDef -> ImplicitIdDef
- fieldTypeFromTypeable :: (PersistField t, Typeable t) => FieldType
- unsafeClearDefaultImplicitId :: ImplicitIdDef -> ImplicitIdDef

# Documentation

data ImplicitIdDef #

A specification for how the implied ID columns are created.

By default, `persistent` will give each table a default column named `id` (customizable by `PersistSettings`), and the column type will be whatever you'd expect from ``BackendKey` yourBackendType`. For The `SqlBackend` type, this is an auto incrementing integer primary key.

You might want to give a different example. A common use case in postgresql is to use the UUID type, and automatically generate them using a SQL function.

Previously, you'd need to add a custom `Id` annotation for each model.

    User
        Id   UUID default="uuid_generate_v1mc()"
        name Text

    Dog
        Id   UUID default="uuid_generate_v1mc()"
        name Text
        user UserId

Now, you can simply create an `ImplicitIdDef` that corresponds to this declaration.

    newtype UUID = UUID ByteString

    instance PersistField UUID where
        toPersistValue (UUID bs) =
            PersistLiteral_ Escaped bs
        fromPersistValue pv =
            case pv of
                PersistLiteral_ Escaped bs ->
                    Right (UUID bs)
                _ ->
                    Left "nope"

    instance PersistFieldSql UUID where
        sqlType _ = SqlOther UUID

With this instance at the ready, we can now create our implicit definition:

    uuidDef :: ImplicitIdDef
    uuidDef = mkImplicitIdDef @UUID "uuid_generate_v1mc()"

And we can use `setImplicitIdDef` to use this with the `MkPersistSettings` for our block.

    mkPersist (setImplicitIdDef uuidDef sqlSettings) [persistLowerCase| ... |]

TODO: either explain interaction with mkMigrate or fix it. see issue #1249 for more details.

Since: 2.13.0.0

Constructors

ImplicitIdDef |
Fields iidFieldType :: EntityNameHS -> FieldType The field type. Accepts the `EntityNameHS` if you want to refer to it. By default, `Id` is appended to the end of the Haskell name. Since: 2.13.0.0 iidFieldSqlType :: SqlType The `SqlType` for the default column. By default, this is `SqlInt64` to correspond with an autoincrementing integer primary key. Since: 2.13.0.0 iidType :: Bool -> Type -> Type The Bool argument is whether or not the `MkPersistBackend` type has the `mpsGeneric` field set. The `Type` is the `mpsBackend` value. The default uses ``BackendKey` `SqlBackend`` (or a generic equivalent). Since: 2.13.0.0 iidDefault :: Maybe Text The default expression for the field. Note that setting this to `Nothing` is unsafe. see https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/issues/1247 for more information. With some cases - like the Postgresql `SERIAL` type - this is safe, since there's an implied default. Since: 2.13.0.0 iidMaxLen :: Maybe Integer Specify the maximum length for a key column. This is necessary for `VARCHAR` columns, like `UUID` in MySQL. MySQL will throw a runtime error if a text or binary column is used in an index without a length specification. Since: 2.13.0.0

mkImplicitIdDef #

Arguments

:: (Typeable t, PersistFieldSql t) |
=> Text | The default expression to use for columns. Should be valid SQL in the language you're using.
-> ImplicitIdDef |

Create an `ImplicitIdDef` based on the `Typeable` and `PersistFieldSql` constraints in scope.

This function uses the `TypeApplications` syntax. Let's look at an example that works with Postgres UUIDs.

    newtype UUID = UUID Text
        deriving newtype PersistField

    instance PersistFieldSql UUID where
        sqlType _ = SqlOther "UUID"

    idDef :: ImplicitIdDef
    idDef = mkImplicitIdDefTypeable @UUID "uuid_generate_v1mc()"

This `ImplicitIdDef` will generate default UUID columns, and the database will call the `uuid_generate_v1mc()` function to generate the value for new rows being inserted.

If the type `t` is `Text` or `String` then a `max_len` attribute of 200 is set. To customize this, use `setImplicitIdDefMaxLen`.

Since: 2.13.0.0

setImplicitIdDefMaxLen :: Integer -> ImplicitIdDef -> ImplicitIdDef #

Set the maximum length of the implied ID column. This is required for any type where the associated `SqlType` is a `TEXT` or `VARCHAR` sort of thing.

Since: 2.13.0.0

fieldTypeFromTypeable :: (PersistField t, Typeable t) => FieldType #

This function converts a `Typeable` type into a `persistent` representation of the type of a field - `FieldTyp`.

Since: 2.13.0.0

unsafeClearDefaultImplicitId :: ImplicitIdDef -> ImplicitIdDef #

Remove the default attribute of the `ImplicitIdDef` column. This will require you to provide an ID for the model with every insert, using `insertKey` instead of `insert`, unless the type has some means of getting around that in the migrations.

As an example, the Postgresql `SERIAL` type expands to an autoincrementing integer. Postgres will implicitly create the relevant series and set the default to be `NEXTVAL(`series_name`)`. A default is therefore unnecessary to use for this type.

However, for a `UUID`, postgres *does not* have an implicit default. You must either specify a default UUID generation function, or insert them yourself (again, using `insertKey`).

This function will be deprecated in the future when omiting the default implicit ID column is more fully supported.

Since: 2.13.0.0