sqlgen

sqlgen is an ORM and SQL query generator for C++-20, similar to Python's SQLAlchemy/SQLModel or Rust's Diesel.

Much like SQLModel is closely integrated with pydantic, sqlgen is closely integrated with our sister project reflect-cpp. This allows you to construct very reliable and highly efficient data pipelines.

Inserting data

Here is how you connect to a PostgreSQL database and insert some data:

#include <sqlgen/postgres.hpp>

struct People {
    std::string first_name;
    std::string last_name;
    uint age;
};

const auto people = std::vector<People>({
    person{.first_name = "Homer",
           .last_name = "Simpson",
           .age = 45}});

const auto credentials = sqlgen::postgres::Credentials{
    .user = "...", .password = "...", ...
};

const auto conn = sqlgen::postgres::connect(credentials);

// Will automatically create a table called 'People'
// with the columns 'first_name', 'last_name' and 'age', 
// if necessary.
const auto result = sqlgen::write(conn, people);

if (!result) {
    std::cout << result.error().what() << std::endl;
}

Retrieving data

Here is how you retrieve the same data from the database and print the results as a JSON:

#include <rfl/json.hpp> // reflect-cpp
#include <sqlgen/postgres.hpp>

const auto conn = sqlgen::postgres::connect(credentials);

using namespace sqlgen;

// Query that returns the 100 youngest children.
// Columns are referred to using the _c operator.
const auto get_children = sqlgen::read<std::vector<People>> |
                          where("age"_c < 18) |
                          order_by("age"_c, "first_name"_c) |
                          limit(100);

// Actually executes the query.
// Returns sqlgen::Result<std::vector<People>>
const auto result = get_children(conn);

if (result) {
    std::cout << rfl::json::write(*result) << std::endl;
} else {
    std::cout << result.error().what() << std::endl;
}

Compile-time checks

sqlgen protects you from various mistakes through comprehensive compile time checks:

struct People {
    std::string first_name;
    std::string last_name;
    uint age;
};

// Will not compile - no column named "color".
const auto get_children = sqlgen::read<std::vector<People>> |
                          where("age"_c < 18 and "color"_c != 'green');

Installation

These three libraries are needed for PostgreSQL support:

sudo apt-get install autoconf bison flex

To install vcpkg:

git submodule update --init
./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh # Linux, macOS
./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.bat # Windows
# You may be prompted to install additional dependencies.

To compile the library:

cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build -j 4 # gcc, clang
cmake --build build --config Release -j 4 # MSVC