A SQL query builder that is flexible, portable, and fun to use!
A batteries-included, multi-dialect (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, WebSQL, Oracle) query builder for Node.js and the Browser, featuring:
- transactions
- connection pooling
- streaming queries
- both a promise and callback API
- a thorough test suite
- the ability to run in the Browser
Read the full documentation to get started!
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For an Object Relational Mapper, see: http://bookshelfjs.org
To see the SQL that Knex will generate for a given query, see: Knex Query Lab
Examples
We have several examples on the website. Here is the first one to get you started:
var knex = require('knex')({ dialect: 'sqlite3', connection: { filename: './data.db' } }); // Create a table knex.schema.createTable('users', function(table) { table.increments('id'); table.string('user_name'); }) // ...and another .createTable('accounts', function(table) { table.increments('id'); table.string('account_name'); table.integer('user_id').unsigned().references('users.id'); }) // Then query the table... .then(function() { return knex.insert({user_name: 'Tim'}).into('users'); }) // ...and using the insert id, insert into the other table. .then(function(rows) { return knex.table('accounts').insert({account_name: 'knex', user_id: rows[0]}); }) // Query both of the rows. .then(function() { return knex('users') .join('accounts', 'users.id', 'accounts.user_id') .select('users.user_name as user', 'accounts.account_name as account'); }) // .map over the results .map(function(row) { console.log(row); }) // Finally, add a .catch handler for the promise chain .catch(function(e) { console.error(e); });