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A single row can be inserted like this:
client.query("insert into tableName (name, email) values ($1, $2) ", ['john', 'john#gmail.com'], callBack)
This approach automatically comments out any special characters.
How do i insert multiple rows at once?
I need to implement this:
"insert into tableName (name, email) values ('john', 'john#gmail.com'), ('jane', 'jane#gmail.com')"
I can just use js string operators to compile such rows manually, but then i need to add special characters escape somehow.
Use pg-format like below.
var format = require('pg-format');
var values = [
[7, 'john22', 'john22#gmail.com', '9999999922'],
[6, 'testvk', 'testvk#gmail.com', '88888888888']
];
client.query(format('INSERT INTO users (id, name, email, phone) VALUES %L', values),[], (err, result)=>{
console.log(err);
console.log(result);
});
One other way using PostgreSQL json functions:
client.query('INSERT INTO table (columns) ' +
'SELECT m.* FROM json_populate_recordset(null::your_custom_type, $1) AS m',
[JSON.stringify(your_json_object_array)], function(err, result) {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
} else {
console.log(result);
}
});
Following this article: Performance Boost from pg-promise library, and its suggested approach:
// Concatenates an array of objects or arrays of values, according to the template,
// to use with insert queries. Can be used either as a class type or as a function.
//
// template = formatting template string
// data = array of either objects or arrays of values
function Inserts(template, data) {
if (!(this instanceof Inserts)) {
return new Inserts(template, data);
}
this.rawType = true;
this.toPostgres = function () {
return data.map(d=>'(' + pgp.as.format(template, d) + ')').join(',');
};
}
An example of using it, exactly as in your case:
var users = [['John', 23], ['Mike', 30], ['David', 18]];
db.none('INSERT INTO Users(name, age) VALUES $1', Inserts('$1, $2', users))
.then(data=> {
// OK, all records have been inserted
})
.catch(error=> {
// Error, no records inserted
});
And it will work with an array of objects as well:
var users = [{name: 'John', age: 23}, {name: 'Mike', age: 30}, {name: 'David', age: 18}];
db.none('INSERT INTO Users(name, age) VALUES $1', Inserts('${name}, ${age}', users))
.then(data=> {
// OK, all records have been inserted
})
.catch(error=> {
// Error, no records inserted
});
UPDATE-1
For a high-performance approach via a single INSERT query see Multi-row insert with pg-promise.
UPDATE-2
The information here is quite old now, see the latest syntax for Custom Type Formatting. What used to be _rawDBType is now rawType, and formatDBType was renamed into toPostgres.
You are going to have to generate the query dynamically. Although possible, this is risky, and could easily lead to SQL Injection vulnerabilities if you do it wrong. It's also easy to end up with off by one errors between the index of your parameters in the query and the parameters you're passing in.
That being said, here is an example of how you could do write this, assuming you have an array of users that looks like {name: string, email: string}:
client.query(
`INSERT INTO table_name (name, email) VALUES ${users.map(() => `(?, ?)`).join(',')}`,
users.reduce((params, u) => params.concat([u.name, u.email]), []),
callBack,
)
An alternative approach, is to use a library like #databases/pg (which I wrote):
await db.query(sql`
INSERT INTO table_name (name, email)
VALUES ${sql.join(users.map(u => sql`(${u.name}, ${u.email})`), ',')}
`)
#databases requires the query to be tagged with sql and uses that to ensure any user data you pass is always automatically escaped. This also lets you write the parameters inline, which I think makes the code much more readable.
Using npm module postgres (porsager/postgres) which has Tagged Template Strings at the core:
https://github.com/porsager/postgres#multiple-inserts-in-one-query
const users = [{
name: 'Murray',
age: 68,
garbage: 'ignore'
},
{
name: 'Walter',
age: 80,
garbage: 'ignore'
}]
sql`insert into users ${ sql(users, 'name', 'age') }`
// Is translated to:
insert into users ("name", "age") values ($1, $2), ($3, $4)
// Here you can also omit column names which will use all object keys as columns
sql`insert into users ${ sql(users) }`
// Which results in:
insert into users ("name", "age", "garbage") values ($1, $2, $3), ($4, $5, $6)
Just thought I'd post since it's like brand new out of beta and I've found it to be a better philosophy of SQL library. I think would be preferable over the other postgres/node libraries posted in other answers. IMHO
Hi I know I am late to the party, but what worked for me was a simple map.
I hope this will help someone seeking for same
let sampleQuery = array.map(myRow =>
`('${myRow.column_a}','${myRow.column_b}') `
)
let res = await pool.query(`INSERT INTO public.table(column_a, column_b) VALUES ${sampleQuery} `)
client.query("insert into tableName (name, email) values ($1, $2),($3, $4) ", ['john', 'john#gmail.com','john', 'john#gmail.com'], callBack)
doesn't help?
Futher more, you can manually generate a string for query:
insert into tableName (name, email) values (" +var1 + "," + var2 + "),(" +var3 + ", " +var4+ ") "
if you read here, https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/issues/530 , you can see the same implementation.
A single row can be inserted like this:
client.query("insert into tableName (name, email) values ($1, $2) ", ['john', 'john#gmail.com'], callBack)
This approach automatically comments out any special characters.
How do i insert multiple rows at once?
I need to implement this:
"insert into tableName (name, email) values ('john', 'john#gmail.com'), ('jane', 'jane#gmail.com')"
I can just use js string operators to compile such rows manually, but then i need to add special characters escape somehow.
Use pg-format like below.
var format = require('pg-format');
var values = [
[7, 'john22', 'john22#gmail.com', '9999999922'],
[6, 'testvk', 'testvk#gmail.com', '88888888888']
];
client.query(format('INSERT INTO users (id, name, email, phone) VALUES %L', values),[], (err, result)=>{
console.log(err);
console.log(result);
});
One other way using PostgreSQL json functions:
client.query('INSERT INTO table (columns) ' +
'SELECT m.* FROM json_populate_recordset(null::your_custom_type, $1) AS m',
[JSON.stringify(your_json_object_array)], function(err, result) {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
} else {
console.log(result);
}
});
Following this article: Performance Boost from pg-promise library, and its suggested approach:
// Concatenates an array of objects or arrays of values, according to the template,
// to use with insert queries. Can be used either as a class type or as a function.
//
// template = formatting template string
// data = array of either objects or arrays of values
function Inserts(template, data) {
if (!(this instanceof Inserts)) {
return new Inserts(template, data);
}
this.rawType = true;
this.toPostgres = function () {
return data.map(d=>'(' + pgp.as.format(template, d) + ')').join(',');
};
}
An example of using it, exactly as in your case:
var users = [['John', 23], ['Mike', 30], ['David', 18]];
db.none('INSERT INTO Users(name, age) VALUES $1', Inserts('$1, $2', users))
.then(data=> {
// OK, all records have been inserted
})
.catch(error=> {
// Error, no records inserted
});
And it will work with an array of objects as well:
var users = [{name: 'John', age: 23}, {name: 'Mike', age: 30}, {name: 'David', age: 18}];
db.none('INSERT INTO Users(name, age) VALUES $1', Inserts('${name}, ${age}', users))
.then(data=> {
// OK, all records have been inserted
})
.catch(error=> {
// Error, no records inserted
});
UPDATE-1
For a high-performance approach via a single INSERT query see Multi-row insert with pg-promise.
UPDATE-2
The information here is quite old now, see the latest syntax for Custom Type Formatting. What used to be _rawDBType is now rawType, and formatDBType was renamed into toPostgres.
You are going to have to generate the query dynamically. Although possible, this is risky, and could easily lead to SQL Injection vulnerabilities if you do it wrong. It's also easy to end up with off by one errors between the index of your parameters in the query and the parameters you're passing in.
That being said, here is an example of how you could do write this, assuming you have an array of users that looks like {name: string, email: string}:
client.query(
`INSERT INTO table_name (name, email) VALUES ${users.map(() => `(?, ?)`).join(',')}`,
users.reduce((params, u) => params.concat([u.name, u.email]), []),
callBack,
)
An alternative approach, is to use a library like #databases/pg (which I wrote):
await db.query(sql`
INSERT INTO table_name (name, email)
VALUES ${sql.join(users.map(u => sql`(${u.name}, ${u.email})`), ',')}
`)
#databases requires the query to be tagged with sql and uses that to ensure any user data you pass is always automatically escaped. This also lets you write the parameters inline, which I think makes the code much more readable.
Using npm module postgres (porsager/postgres) which has Tagged Template Strings at the core:
https://github.com/porsager/postgres#multiple-inserts-in-one-query
const users = [{
name: 'Murray',
age: 68,
garbage: 'ignore'
},
{
name: 'Walter',
age: 80,
garbage: 'ignore'
}]
sql`insert into users ${ sql(users, 'name', 'age') }`
// Is translated to:
insert into users ("name", "age") values ($1, $2), ($3, $4)
// Here you can also omit column names which will use all object keys as columns
sql`insert into users ${ sql(users) }`
// Which results in:
insert into users ("name", "age", "garbage") values ($1, $2, $3), ($4, $5, $6)
Just thought I'd post since it's like brand new out of beta and I've found it to be a better philosophy of SQL library. I think would be preferable over the other postgres/node libraries posted in other answers. IMHO
Hi I know I am late to the party, but what worked for me was a simple map.
I hope this will help someone seeking for same
let sampleQuery = array.map(myRow =>
`('${myRow.column_a}','${myRow.column_b}') `
)
let res = await pool.query(`INSERT INTO public.table(column_a, column_b) VALUES ${sampleQuery} `)
client.query("insert into tableName (name, email) values ($1, $2),($3, $4) ", ['john', 'john#gmail.com','john', 'john#gmail.com'], callBack)
doesn't help?
Futher more, you can manually generate a string for query:
insert into tableName (name, email) values (" +var1 + "," + var2 + "),(" +var3 + ", " +var4+ ") "
if you read here, https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/issues/530 , you can see the same implementation.
I am working on a project that will upload some records to SQL Server from a node.js program. Right now, this is my approach (inside an async function):
con = await sql.connect(`mssql://${SQL.user}:${SQL.password}#${SQL.server}/${SQL.database}?encrypt=true`);
for (r of RECORDS) {
columns = `([column1], [column2], [column3])`;
values = `(#col1, #col2, #col3)`;
await con
.request()
.input("col1", sql.Int, r.col1)
.input("col2", sql.VarChar, r.col2)
.input("col3", sql.VarChar, r.col3)
.query(`INSERT INTO [dbo].[table1] ${columns} VALUES ${values}`);
}
Where records is an array of objects in the form:
RECORDS = [
{ col1: 1, col2: "asd", col3: "A" },
{ col1: 2, col2: "qwerty", col3: "B" },
// ...
];
This code works, nevertheless, I have the feeling that it is not efficient at all. I have an upload of around 4k records and it takes roughly 10 minutes, it does not look good.
I believe if I can create a single query - instead of wrapping single inserts inside a for loop - with all the record values it will be faster, and I know there is a syntax for reaching that in SQL:
INSERT INTO table1 (column1, column2, column3) VALUES (1, "asd", "A"), (2, "qwerty", "B"), (...);
However I cannot find any documentation from mssql module for node on how to prepare the parameterized inputs to do everything in a single transaction.
Can anyone guide me into the right direction?
Thanks in advance.
Also, very similar to the bulk insert, you can use a table valued parameter.
sql.connect("mssql://${SQL.user}:${SQL.password}#${SQL.server}/${SQL.database}?encrypt=true")
.then(() => {
const table = new sql.Table();
table.columns.add('col1', sql.Int);
table.columns.add('col2', sql.VarChar(20));
table.columns.add('col3', sql.VarChar(20));
// add data
table.rows.add(1, 'asd', 'A');
table.rows.add(2, 'qwerty', 'B');
const request = new sql.Request();
request.input('table1', table);
request.execute('procMyProcedure', function (err, recordsets, returnValue) {
console.dir(JSON.stringify(recordsets[0][0]));
res.end(JSON.stringify(recordsets[0][0]));
});
});
And then for the SQL side, create a user defined table type
CREATE TYPE typeMyType AS TABLE
(
Col1 int,
Col2 varchar(20),
Col3 varchar(20)
)
And then use this in the stored procedure
CREATE PROCEDURE procMyProcedure
#table1 typeMyType READONLY
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO table1 (Col1, Col2, Col3)
SELECT Col1, Col2, Col3
FROM #MyRecords
END
This gives you more control over the data and lets you do more with the data in sql before you actually insert.
As pointed out by #JoaquinAlvarez, bulk insert should be used as replied here: Bulk inserting with Node mssql package
For my case, the code was like:
return await sql.connect(`mssql://${SQL.user}:${SQL.password}#${SQL.server}/${SQL.database}?encrypt=true`).then(() => {
table = new sql.Table("table1");
table.create = true;
table.columns.add("column1", sql.Int, { nullable: false });
table.columns.add("column2", sql.VarChar, { length: Infinity, nullable: true });
table.columns.add("column3", sql.VarChar(250), { nullable: true });
// add here rows to insert into the table
for (r of RECORDS) {
table.rows.add(r.col1, r.col2, r.col3);
}
return new sql.Request().bulk(table);
});
The SQL data types have to match (obviously) the column type of the existing table table1. Note the case of column2, which is a column defined in SQL as varchar(max).
Thanks Joaquin! I went down on the time significantly from 10 minutes to a few seconds
Is it possible to use the nextval function in a pg-promise multirow insert?
I have a database (that I sadly can't change) where the id has to be inserted via the client like this:
INSERT INTO some_object (object_id, object_name)
VALUES (nextval('some_object_seq'), ${object_name})
RETURNING object_id;
This works fine for one insert. But now I have to insert multiple rows at once and tried pgp.helpers.insert:
const cs = pgp.helpers.ColumnSet(['object_id', 'object_name'], { table });
const query = pgp.helpers.insert(values, cs) + 'RETURNING object_id';
database.many(query).then(data => {
return data
}).catch(error => {
logger.error(error, query);
});
Is there any way to use nextval('some_object_seq') in this scenario? Sadly I can't change the default value of the id column in the table definition.
Your column should be defined as this:
{
name: `object_id`,
init: () => `nextval('some_object_seq')`,
mod: `:raw`
}
As opposed to the answer by #baal, you do not need to use def, because you are not providing a default value, rather a complete override for the value, which is what init for.
And it can be used within upsert queries too.
As Bergi wrote, it is possible to add a default expression to the column set like this:
const cs = pgp.helpers.ColumnSet(
[{
name: "object_id",
// setting the DEFAULT value for this column
def: "nextval('some_object_seq')",
// use raw-text modifier to inject string directly
mod: "^",
}, 'object_name'], { table });
I am bumping against a very interesting design decision, I would like to update a given entry in the database of form: https://imgur.com/QBLMIkU
So far I have something like:
update(id : string, key : string, val : string ) : void {
const dbRef = firebaseAdmin.database().ref('datasets');
const entry = dbRef.child(id)
entry.once('value', snap => {
let content = snap.val()
if ( content && content[key] ){
entry.update({ key : val })
}
})
}
#use case: update('-LDc9Wa4Wj1wzEx5CsKN', 'content' 'new content loresum')
The key line is: entry.update({ key : val }), instead of overwriting content field, the code is creating a new entry with key key and value val. How can I update the content field only w/o rewriting the whole data entry?
If I'm understanding the question correctly, it's that a new entry with a key of "key" is being written which has the value of the val parameter. In that case:
let newData = {};
newData[key] = val;
entry.update(newData);
Basically, your entry.update({ key : val }) is saying "Update the record with key value of 'key' and make it equal the passed in val parameter". Since that key doesn't exist in your data, it creates a new key value pair which equals "key: my New Value"