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mysql2-promise
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Small promises wrapper for mysql2,
it's forked and compatible with mysql-promise.
This module is installed via npm:
$ npm install mysql2-promise --save
var db = require('mysql2-promise')();
db.configure({
"host": "localhost",
"user": "foo",
"password": "bar",
"database": "db"
});
db.query('UPDATE foo SET key = ?', ['value']).then(function () {
return db.query('SELECT * FROM foo');
}).spread(function (rows) {
console.log('Look at all the foo', rows);
});
//using multiple databases, giving it a name 'second-db' so it can be retrieved inside other modules/files.
var db2 = require('mysql-promise')('second-db');
db2.configure({
"host": "localhost",
"user": "foo",
"password": "bar",
"database": "another-db"
});
db2.query('SELECT * FROM users').spread(function (users) {
console.log('Hello users', users);
});
execute() function is similar to query but it use prepared-statements.
var db = require('mysql2-promise')();
db.configure({
"host": "localhost",
"user": "foo",
"password": "bar",
"database": "db"
});
db.execute('SELECT * FROM users WHERE LIMIT = ?', [10]).spread(function (users) {
console.log('Hello users', users);
});
var db = require('mysql2-promise')();
db.configure({
"host": "localhost",
"user": "foo",
"password": "bar",
"database": "db"
});
connection.pool.on('connection', function (poolConnection) {
poolConnection.config.namedPlaceholders = true;
}
db.execute('SELECT * FROM users WHERE LIMIT = :limit', {limit: 10}).spread(function (users) {
console.log('Hello users', users);
});
This library is forked from mysql-promise
FAQs
Small promises wrapper for mysql2.
The npm package mysql2-promise receives a total of 3,587 weekly downloads. As such, mysql2-promise popularity was classified as popular.
We found that mysql2-promise demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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