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                    Has One
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                    Association Mode
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                    CRUD: Reading and Writing Data
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                    Query
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                    Delete / Soft Delete
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                    Associations
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                    Advanced Usage
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                    Error Handling
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                    Transactions
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                    Raw SQL & SQL Builder
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                    Generic database interface sql.DB
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                    Composite Primary Key
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                    Overriding Logger
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                    Development
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                                <h1 id="models">Models</h1>
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<li><a href="#model-definition">Model Definition</a></li>
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<li><a href="#conventions">Conventions</a><ul>
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<li><a href="#gormmodel-struct"><code>gorm.Model</code> struct</a></li>
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<li><a href="#table-name-is-the-pluralized-version-of-struct-name">Table name is the pluralized version of struct name</a></li>
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<li><a href="#change-default-tablenames">Change default tablenames</a></li>
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<li><a href="#column-name-is-the-snake-case-of-fields-name">Column name is the snake case of field's name</a></li>
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<h2 id="model-definition">Model Definition</h2>
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<pre><code class="lang-go"><span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> User <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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    gorm.Model
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    Birthday     time.Time
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    Age          <span class="hljs-keyword">int</span>
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    Name         <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>  <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"size:255"`</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// Default size for string is 255, reset it with this tag</span>
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    Num          <span class="hljs-keyword">int</span>     <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"AUTO_INCREMENT"`</span>
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    CreditCard        CreditCard      <span class="hljs-comment">// One-To-One relationship (has one - use CreditCard's UserID as foreign key)</span>
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    Emails            []Email         <span class="hljs-comment">// One-To-Many relationship (has many - use Email's UserID as foreign key)</span>
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    BillingAddress    Address         <span class="hljs-comment">// One-To-One relationship (belongs to - use BillingAddressID as foreign key)</span>
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    BillingAddressID  sql.NullInt64
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    ShippingAddress   Address         <span class="hljs-comment">// One-To-One relationship (belongs to - use ShippingAddressID as foreign key)</span>
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    ShippingAddressID <span class="hljs-keyword">int</span>
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    IgnoreMe          <span class="hljs-keyword">int</span> <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"-"`</span>   <span class="hljs-comment">// Ignore this field</span>
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    Languages         []Language <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"many2many:user_languages;"`</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// Many-To-Many relationship, 'user_languages' is join table</span>
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}
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<span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> Email <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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    ID      <span class="hljs-keyword">int</span>
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    UserID  <span class="hljs-keyword">int</span>     <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"index"`</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// Foreign key (belongs to), tag `index` will create index for this column</span>
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    Email   <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>  <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"type:varchar(100);unique_index"`</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// `type` set sql type, `unique_index` will create unique index for this column</span>
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    Subscribed <span class="hljs-keyword">bool</span>
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}
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<span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> Address <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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    ID       <span class="hljs-keyword">int</span>
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    Address1 <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>         <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"not null;unique"`</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// Set field as not nullable and unique</span>
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    Address2 <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>         <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"type:varchar(100);unique"`</span>
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    Post     sql.NullString <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"not null"`</span>
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}
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<span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> Language <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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    ID   <span class="hljs-keyword">int</span>
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    Name <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span> <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"index:idx_name_code"`</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// Create index with name, and will create combined index if find other fields defined same name</span>
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    Code <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span> <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"index:idx_name_code"`</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// `unique_index` also works</span>
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}
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<span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> CreditCard <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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    gorm.Model
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    UserID  <span class="hljs-keyword">uint</span>
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    Number  <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>
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}
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<h2 id="conventions">Conventions</h2>
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<h3 id="gormmodel-struct"><code>gorm.Model</code> struct</h3>
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<p>Base model definition <code>gorm.Model</code>, including fields <code>ID</code>, <code>CreatedAt</code>, <code>UpdatedAt</code>, <code>DeletedAt</code>, you could embed it in your model, or only write those fields you want</p>
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<pre><code class="lang-go"><span class="hljs-comment">// Base Model's definition</span>
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<span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> Model <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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  ID        <span class="hljs-keyword">uint</span> <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"primary_key"`</span>
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  CreatedAt time.Time
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  UpdatedAt time.Time
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  DeletedAt *time.Time
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}
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<span class="hljs-comment">// Add fields `ID`, `CreatedAt`, `UpdatedAt`, `DeletedAt`</span>
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<span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> User <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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  gorm.Model
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  Name <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>
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}
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<span class="hljs-comment">// Only need field `ID`, `CreatedAt`</span>
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<span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> User <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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  ID        <span class="hljs-keyword">uint</span>
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  CreatedAt time.Time
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  Name      <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>
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}
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<h3 id="table-name-is-the-pluralized-version-of-struct-name">Table name is the pluralized version of struct name</h3>
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<pre><code class="lang-go"><span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> User <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {} <span class="hljs-comment">// default table name is `users`</span>
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<span class="hljs-comment">// set User's table name to be `profiles</span>
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<span class="hljs-keyword">func</span> (User) TableName() <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span> {
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  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-string">"profiles"</span>
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}
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<span class="hljs-keyword">func</span> (u User) TableName() <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span> {
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    <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> u.Role == <span class="hljs-string">"admin"</span> {
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        <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-string">"admin_users"</span>
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    } <span class="hljs-keyword">else</span> {
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        <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-string">"users"</span>
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    }
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}
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<span class="hljs-comment">// Disable table name's pluralization globally</span>
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db.SingularTable(<span class="hljs-literal">true</span>) <span class="hljs-comment">// if set this to true, `User`'s default table name will be `user`, table name setted with `TableName` won't be affected</span>
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<h3 id="change-default-tablenames">Change default tablenames</h3>
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<p>You can apply any rules on the default table name by defining the <code>DefaultTableNameHandler</code></p>
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<pre><code>gorm.DefaultTableNameHandler = func (db *gorm.DB, defaultTableName string) string  {
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}
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</code></pre><h3 id="column-name-is-the-snake-case-of-fields-name">Column name is the snake case of field's name</h3>
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<pre><code class="lang-go"><span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> User <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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  ID <span class="hljs-keyword">uint</span>             <span class="hljs-comment">// column name will be `id`</span>
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  Name <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>         <span class="hljs-comment">// column name will be `name`</span>
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  Birthday time.Time  <span class="hljs-comment">// column name will be `birthday`</span>
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  CreatedAt time.Time <span class="hljs-comment">// column name will be `created_at`</span>
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}
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<span class="hljs-comment">// Overriding Column Name</span>
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<span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> Animal <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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    AnimalId    <span class="hljs-keyword">int64</span>     <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"column:beast_id"`</span>         <span class="hljs-comment">// set column name to `beast_id`</span>
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    Birthday    time.Time <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"column:day_of_the_beast"`</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// set column name to `day_of_the_beast`</span>
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    Age         <span class="hljs-keyword">int64</span>     <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"column:age_of_the_beast"`</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// set column name to `age_of_the_beast`</span>
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}
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<h3 id="field-id-as-primary-key">Field <code>ID</code> as primary key</h3>
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<pre><code class="lang-go"><span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> User <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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  ID   <span class="hljs-keyword">uint</span>  <span class="hljs-comment">// field named `ID` will be the default primary field</span>
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  Name <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>
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}
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<span class="hljs-comment">// Set a field to be primary field with tag `primary_key`</span>
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<span class="hljs-keyword">type</span> Animal <span class="hljs-keyword">struct</span> {
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  AnimalId <span class="hljs-keyword">int64</span> <span class="hljs-string">`gorm:"primary_key"`</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// set AnimalId to be primary key</span>
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  Name     <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>
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  Age      <span class="hljs-keyword">int64</span>
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}
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<h3 id="field-createdat-used-to-store-records-created-time">Field <code>CreatedAt</code> used to store record's created time</h3>
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<p>Create records having <code>CreatedAt</code> field will set it to current time.</p>
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<pre><code class="lang-go">db.Create(&user) <span class="hljs-comment">// will set `CreatedAt` to current time</span>
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<span class="hljs-comment">// To change its value, you could use `Update`</span>
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db.Model(&user).Update(<span class="hljs-string">"CreatedAt"</span>, time.Now())
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</code></pre>
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<h3 id="use-updatedat-used-to-store-records-updated-time">Use <code>UpdatedAt</code> used to store record's updated time</h3>
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<p>Save records having <code>UpdatedAt</code> field will set it to current time.</p>
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<pre><code class="lang-go">db.Save(&user) <span class="hljs-comment">// will set `UpdatedAt` to current time</span>
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db.Model(&user).Update(<span class="hljs-string">"name"</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"jinzhu"</span>) <span class="hljs-comment">// will set `UpdatedAt` to current time</span>
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<h3 id="use-deletedat-to-store-records-deleted-time-if-field-exists">Use <code>DeletedAt</code> to store record's deleted time if field exists</h3>
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<p>Delete records having <code>DeletedAt</code> field, it won't be deleted from database, but only set field <code>DeletedAt</code>'s value to current time, and the record is not findable when querying, refer <a href="crud.html#soft-delete">Soft Delete</a></p>
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