This tutorial shows you how build a simple Go application with CockroachDB using a PostgreSQL-compatible driver or ORM. We've tested and can recommend the Go pq driver and the GORM ORM, so those are featured here.
examples-orms repository.Before You Begin
Make sure you have already installed CockroachDB.
Step 1. Install the GORM ORM
To install GORM, run the following command:
$ go get -u github.com/jinzhu/gorm
Step 2. Start a single-node cluster
For the purpose of this tutorial, you need only one CockroachDB node running in insecure mode:
$ cockroach start \
--insecure \
--store=hello-1 \
--host=localhost
Step 3. Create a user
In a new terminal, as the root user, use the cockroach user command to create a new user, maxroach.
$ cockroach user set maxroach --insecure
Step 4. Create a database and grant privileges
As the root user, use the built-in SQL client to create a bank database.
$ cockroach sql --insecure -e 'CREATE DATABASE bank'
Then grant privileges to the maxroach user.
$ cockroach sql --insecure -e 'GRANT ALL ON DATABASE bank TO maxroach'
Step 5. Run the Go code
The following code uses the GORM ORM to map Go-specific objects to SQL operations. Specifically, db.AutoMigrate(&Account{}) creates an accounts table based on the Account model, db.Create(&Account{}) inserts rows into the table, and db.Find(&accounts) selects from the table so that balances can be printed.
Copy the code or download it directly.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
// Import GORM-related packages.
"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/postgres"
)
// Account is our model, which corresponds to the "accounts" database table.
type Account struct {
ID int `gorm:"primary_key"`
Balance int
}
func main() {
// Connect to the "bank" database as the "maxroach" user.
const addr = "postgresql://maxroach@localhost:26257/bank?sslmode=disable"
db, err := gorm.Open("postgres", addr)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer db.Close()
// Automatically create the "accounts" table based on the Account model.
db.AutoMigrate(&Account{})
// Insert two rows into the "accounts" table.
db.Create(&Account{ID: 1, Balance: 1000})
db.Create(&Account{ID: 2, Balance: 250})
// Print out the balances.
var accounts []Account
db.Find(&accounts)
fmt.Println("Initial balances:")
for _, account := range accounts {
fmt.Printf("%d %d\n", account.ID, account.Balance)
}
}
Then run the code:
$ go run gorm-basic-sample.go
The output should be:
Initial balances:
1 1000
2 250
To verify that the table and rows were created successfully, you can again use the built-in SQL client:
$ cockroach sql --insecure -e 'SHOW TABLES' --database=bank
+----------+
| Table |
+----------+
| accounts |
+----------+
(1 row)
$ cockroach sql --insecure -e 'SELECT id, balance FROM accounts' --database=bank
+----+---------+
| id | balance |
+----+---------+
| 1 | 1000 |
| 2 | 250 |
+----+---------+
(2 rows)
What's Next?
Read more about using the GORM ORM, or check out a more realistic implementation of GORM with CockroachDB in our examples-orms repository.
You might also be interested in using a local cluster to explore the following core CockroachDB features:
Was this helpful?
