select

select is a database library.

Supported databases:

• MySQL
• MongoDB
• Memory
• CouchDB (partial)
• Planned: PostgreSQL, SQLite
• Researching: Riak, Redis, selector language

Installation

  $ npm install select

Examples

  // Set the database connection string
  select.db = 'mysql://root@localhost/select-test';

  // Find some items and iterate
  select('users')
    .find({ name: 'Alex' })
    .limit(3)
    .offset(8)
    .each(function(index) {
      console.log(this);
    });

  // Update an attribute
  select('users')
    .find(17)
    .attr({ name: 'Yuka' });

  // Create
  select('users')
    .add({
      name: 'Bob',
      email: 'bob@example.com'
    });

  // Delete
  select('users')
    .find(1)
    .del();

  // Selector language
  select('users[name="Alex", email="alex@example.com"]').
    values(function(values) {});

Philosophy

select is:

• A quick way of using common database features
• Easy to learn for JavaScript developers
• Easy to extend

select is not:

• For building schemas
• An ORM
• A validation library

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011 Alex R. Young

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.