From 2ee53580ac03e252c9e4d75335e8e27ebe23f9d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: demoManito <1430482733@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:24:28 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Support the use of clause.Expression to return conditional
 statements

---
 gorm.go                   |  6 ++++++
 tests/sql_builder_test.go | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gorm.go b/gorm.go
index 81b6e2af..043f76b9 100644
--- a/gorm.go
+++ b/gorm.go
@@ -398,6 +398,12 @@ func Expr(expr string, args ...interface{}) clause.Expr {
 	return clause.Expr{SQL: expr, Vars: args}
 }
 
+// ExprToString clause.Expression Build to SQL String
+func (db *DB) ExprToString(expr clause.Expression) string {
+	expr.Build(db.Statement)
+	return db.Dialector.Explain(db.Statement.SQL.String(), db.Statement.Vars...)
+}
+
 // SetupJoinTable setup join table schema
 func (db *DB) SetupJoinTable(model interface{}, field string, joinTable interface{}) error {
 	var (
diff --git a/tests/sql_builder_test.go b/tests/sql_builder_test.go
index a9b920dc..526e2bf0 100644
--- a/tests/sql_builder_test.go
+++ b/tests/sql_builder_test.go
@@ -357,6 +357,18 @@ func TestFromWithJoins(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestExprToString(t *testing.T) {
+	exprs := []clause.Expression{
+		clause.And(clause.Gt{Column: "age", Value: 10}, clause.Lt{Column: "age", Value: 18}),
+		clause.And(clause.Gt{Column: "age", Value: 18}, clause.Lt{Column: "age", Value: 21}),
+	}
+	wantSQL := "((`age` > 10 AND `age` < 18) AND (`age` > 18 AND `age` < 21))"
+	gotSQL := DB.ExprToString(clause.And(exprs...))
+	if wantSQL != gotSQL {
+		t.Errorf("want: %s \n, got: %s", wantSQL, gotSQL)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestToSQL(t *testing.T) {
 	// By default DB.DryRun should false
 	if DB.DryRun {