proactive-record - Beyond Active Record

An ORM that defines your database models for you.

Features

• Works in node.js
• Supports PostgreSQL
• Extensible

Installation

node.js

Install using npm: npm install proactive-record

Examples

Assume you have a table with the following schema:

                                  Table "public.person"
  Column  |          Type          |                      Modifiers                      
----------+------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
 id       | integer                | not null default nextval('person_id_seq'::regclass)
 name     | character varying(255) | not null
 username | character varying(255) | not null
 email    | character varying(255) | not null
Indexes:
    "person_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)

MODELS

var Proactive = require('proactive-record');

Proactive.load('person', function(Person) {
    var p = new Person({
        name: 'Brian Moore',
        username: 'bmoore',
        email: 'moore.brian.d@gmail.com'
    });

    p.save();

    Person.find({name: "Brian Moore"}, function(p) {
        console.log(p)
        // { name: 'Brian Moore',
        //   username: 'bmoore',
        //   email: 'moore.brian.d@gmail.com'}
    });
});

Finder Methods

• Model.find(finder)
• finder can be:
• integer,
• array of integers,
• {column: value} objects
• Model.all() // TBD
• Model.exists(field, value) // TBD

Other Methods

• .save() // Create and Update
• .delete() // Remove Record
• .children('address', function(addresses){}) // Access Child Table Records
• .parent('company', function(company){}) // Access Parent Table Record