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<h2><a name="examples"></a>Examples</h2>

<p>Here is an example of the basic use of the library.
After that, another example shows how to create an
<a href="#iterator_example">iterator</a> over the result of a SELECT
query.</p>


<h3><a name="basic_use"></a>Basic use</h3>
<pre class="example">
-- load driver
local driver = require "luasql.postgres"
-- create environment object
env = assert (driver.postgres())
-- connect to data source
con = assert (env:connect("luasql-test"))
-- reset our table
res = con:execute"DROP TABLE people"
res = assert (con:execute[[
  CREATE TABLE people(
    name  varchar(50),
    email varchar(50)
  )
]])
-- add a few elements
list = {
  { name="Jose das Couves", email="jose@couves.com", },
  { name="Manoel Joaquim", email="manoel.joaquim@cafundo.com", },
  { name="Maria das Dores", email="maria@dores.com", },
}
for i, p in pairs (list) do
  res = assert (con:execute(string.format([[
    INSERT INTO people
    VALUES ('%s', '%s')]], p.name, p.email)
  ))
end
-- retrieve a cursor
cur = assert (con:execute"SELECT name, email from people")
-- print all rows, the rows will be indexed by field names
row = cur:fetch ({}, "a")
while row do
  print(string.format("Name: %s, E-mail: %s", row.name, row.email))
  -- reusing the table of results
  row = cur:fetch (row, "a")
end
-- close everything
cur:close() -- already closed because all the result set was consumed
con:close()
env:close()
</pre>

<p>And the output of this script should be:</p>

<pre class="example">
Name: Jose das Couves, E-mail: jose@couves.com
Name: Manoel Joaquim, E-mail: manoel.joaquim@cafundo.com
Name: Maria das Dores, E-mail: maria@dores.com
</pre>


<h3><a name="iterator_example"></a>Iterator</h3>
<p>It may be useful to offer an iterator for the resulting rows:</p>

<pre class="example">
function rows (connection, sql_statement)
  local cursor = assert (connection:execute (sql_statement))
  return function ()
    return cursor:fetch()
  end
end
</pre>

<p>Here is how the iterator is used:</p>

<pre class="example">
env = assert (require"luasql.mysql".mysql())
con = assert (env:connect"my_db")
for id, name, address in rows (con, "select * from contacts") do
  print (string.format ("%s: %s", name, address))
end
</pre>

<p>Obviously, the code above only works if there is a table called contacts with the columns id, name and address in this order. At the end of the loop the cursor will be automatically closed by the driver.</p>

<h3><a name="To_be_closed"></a>To-be-closed Objects</h3>

<p>
	<strong style="color: red;">Compatibility Note:</strong>
	To-be-closed variables is a feature introduced in Lua 5.4. Therefore, this functionality can only be used if LuaSQL (version &gt; 2.6) is compiled against Lua version 5.4 or higher.
</p>

<pre class="example">
function getName(db, id)
  -- This code requires Lua 5.4 or higher due to the use of to-be-closed variables.
  local cur &lt;close&gt; = db:execute("SELECT name FROM contacts WHERE id = " .. id)
  return cur:fetch()
end
</pre>

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