Merge pull request #16 from theory/driver.Valuer
Add support for driver.Valuer.
diff --git a/sql.go b/sql.go
index c84f900..d015bfd 100644
--- a/sql.go
+++ b/sql.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
package uuid
import (
+ "database/sql/driver"
"errors"
"fmt"
)
@@ -56,3 +57,10 @@
return nil
}
+
+// Value implements sql.Valuer so that UUIDs can be written to databases
+// transparently. Currently, UUIDs map to strings. Please consult
+// database-specific driver documentation for matching types.
+func (uuid UUID) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
+ return uuid.String(), nil
+}
diff --git a/sql_test.go b/sql_test.go
index 4d26392..1030951 100644
--- a/sql_test.go
+++ b/sql_test.go
@@ -85,3 +85,12 @@
t.Error("UUID was not nil after scanning empty string")
}
}
+
+func TestValue(t *testing.T) {
+ stringTest := "f47ac10b-58cc-0372-8567-0e02b2c3d479"
+ uuid := Parse(stringTest)
+ val, _ := uuid.Value()
+ if val != stringTest {
+ t.Error("Value() did not return expected string")
+ }
+}
