Add created and update column

users.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package users
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"gitlab.quimbo.fr/odwrtw/canape-sql/random"
@@ -10,19 +11,30 @@ import (
 const usersCreate = `
 CREATE TABLE users (
 	id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
-	name text NOT NULL UNIQUE
+	name text NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+	updated timestamp DEFAULT current_timestamp,
+	created timestamp DEFAULT current_timestamp
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE tokens (
 	id SERIAL,
 	value text NOT NULL UNIQUE,
-	users_id integer REFERENCES users (id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+	users_id integer REFERENCES users (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+	updated timestamp DEFAULT current_timestamp,
+	created timestamp DEFAULT current_timestamp
 );
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_modified_column()
+RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
+BEGIN NEW.updated = now(); RETURN NEW;	END; $$ language 'plpgsql';
+
+CREATE TRIGGER update_users BEFORE UPDATE ON users FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE  update_modified_column();
+CREATE TRIGGER update_tokens BEFORE UPDATE ON tokens FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE  update_modified_column();
 `
 const (
 	addUserQuery    = `INSERT INTO users (name) VALUES ($1) RETURNING id;`
 	getUserQuery    = `SELECT * FROM users WHERE name=$1;`
-	updateUserQuery = `UPDATE users SET (name)=(:name);`
+	updateUserQuery = `UPDATE users SET name=$1 RETURNING *;`
 	deleteUseQuery  = `DELETE FROM users WHERE id=:id;`
 
 	addTokenQuery    = `INSERT INTO tokens (value, users_id) VALUES ($1, $2) RETURNING id;`
@@ -31,14 +43,22 @@ const (
 	deleteTokenQuery = `DELETE FROM tokens WHERE users_id=$1 AND value=$2;`
 )
 
+// BaseTable have to be embeded in all your struct which reflect a table
+type BaseTable struct {
+	Updated time.Time
+	Created time.Time
+}
+
 // User represents an user
 type User struct {
+	BaseTable
 	ID   int
 	Name string
 }
 
 // Token represents a token
 type Token struct {
+	BaseTable
 	ID    int
 	Value string
 }
@@ -66,7 +86,7 @@ func (u *User) Add(q sqlx.Queryer) error {
 
 // Update user on database or raise an error
 func (u *User) Update(ex *sqlx.DB) error {
-	_, err := ex.NamedExec(updateUserQuery, u)
+	err := ex.Get(u, updateUserQuery, u.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

users_test.go

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import (
 
 const drop = `
 DROP TABLE tokens;
-DROP TABLE users;`
+DROP TABLE users;
+
+DROP FUNCTION update_modified_column();
+`
 
 var db *sqlx.DB
 
@@ -182,3 +185,16 @@ func TestTokenCheck(t *testing.T) {
 
 	})
 }
+
+func TestAutoUpdateCols(t *testing.T) {
+	sqltest.RunWithSchema(db, usersCreate, drop, t, func(db *sqlx.DB, t *testing.T) {
+		u := &User{Name: "plop"}
+		u.Add(db)
+		u.Name = "toto"
+		u.Update(db)
+
+		if !u.Created.Before(u.Updated) {
+			t.Fatalf("colum updated not auto updated on table users")
+		}
+	})
+}