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                    CRUD: Reading and Writing Data
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                            <h1 id="advanced-usage">Advanced Usage</h1>
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<li><a href="#error-handling">Error Handling</a></li>
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<li><a href="#transactions">Transactions</a><ul>
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<li><a href="#a-specific-example">A Specific Example</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><a href="#raw-sql">Raw SQL</a></li>
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<li><a href="#row-rows">Row & Rows</a><ul>
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<li><a href="#scan-rows">Scan Rows</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><a href="#composite-primary-key">Composite Primary Key</a></li>
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<li><a href="#logger">Logger</a><ul>
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<li><a href="#customize-logger">Customize Logger</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="error-handling">Error Handling</h2>
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<pre><code class="lang-go">query <span class="token operator">:=</span> db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Where<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name = ?"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token string">"jinzhu"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">First<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>user<span class="token operator">)</span>
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query <span class="token operator">:=</span> db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">First<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>user<span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Limit<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token number">10</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Find<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>users<span class="token operator">)</span>
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<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// query.Error will return the last happened error</span>
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<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// So you could do error handing in your application like this:</span>
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<span class="token keyword">if</span> err <span class="token operator">:=</span> db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Where<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name = ?"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token string">"jinzhu"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">First<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>user<span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span>Error<span class="token operator">;</span> err <span class="token operator">!=</span> <span class="token boolean">nil</span> <span class="token operator">{</span>
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    <span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// error handling...</span>
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<span class="token operator">}</span>
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<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// RecordNotFound</span>
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<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// If no record found when you query data, gorm will return RecordNotFound error, you could check it like this:</span>
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db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Where<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name = ?"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token string">"hello world"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">First<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>User<span class="token operator">{</span><span class="token operator">}</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span>Error <span class="token operator">==</span> gorm<span class="token operator">.</span>RecordNotFound
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<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// Or use the shortcut method</span>
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db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Where<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name = ?"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token string">"hello world"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">First<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>user<span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">RecordNotFound<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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<span class="token keyword">if</span> db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Model<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>user<span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Related<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>credit_card<span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">RecordNotFound<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span> <span class="token operator">{</span>
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    <span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// no credit card found error handling</span>
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<span class="token operator">}</span>
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</code></pre>
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<h2 id="transactions">Transactions</h2>
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<p>To perform a set of operations within a transaction, the general flow is as below.
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The database handle returned from <code>db.Begin()</code> should be used for all operations within the transaction.
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(Note that all individual save and delete operations are run in a transaction by default.)</p>
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<pre><code class="lang-go"><span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// begin</span>
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tx <span class="token operator">:=</span> db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Begin<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// do some database operations (use 'tx' from this point, not 'db')</span>
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tx<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Create<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">...</span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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<span class="token operator">...</span>
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<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// rollback in case of error</span>
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tx<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Rollback<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// Or commit if all is ok</span>
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tx<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Commit<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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</code></pre>
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<h3 id="a-specific-example">A Specific Example</h3>
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<pre><code class="lang-go"><span class="token keyword">func</span> <span class="token function">CreateAnimals<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span>db <span class="token operator">*</span>gorm<span class="token operator">.</span>DB<span class="token operator">)</span> err <span class="token operator">{</span>
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  tx <span class="token operator">:=</span> db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Begin<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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  <span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// Note the use of tx as the database handle once you are within a transaction</span>
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  <span class="token keyword">if</span> err <span class="token operator">:=</span> tx<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Create<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>Animal<span class="token operator">{</span>Name<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">"Giraffe"</span><span class="token operator">}</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span>Error<span class="token operator">;</span> err <span class="token operator">!=</span> <span class="token boolean">nil</span> <span class="token operator">{</span>
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     tx<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Rollback<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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     <span class="token keyword">return</span> err
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  <span class="token operator">}</span>
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  <span class="token keyword">if</span> err <span class="token operator">:=</span> tx<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Create<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>Animal<span class="token operator">{</span>Name<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">"Lion"</span><span class="token operator">}</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span>Error<span class="token operator">;</span> err <span class="token operator">!=</span> <span class="token boolean">nil</span> <span class="token operator">{</span>
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     tx<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Rollback<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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     <span class="token keyword">return</span> err
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  <span class="token operator">}</span>
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  tx<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Commit<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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  <span class="token keyword">return</span> <span class="token boolean">nil</span>
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<span class="token operator">}</span>
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</code></pre>
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<h2 id="raw-sql">Raw SQL</h2>
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<pre><code class="lang-go">db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Exec<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"DROP TABLE users;"</span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Exec<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"UPDATE orders SET shipped_at=? WHERE id IN (?)"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> time<span class="token operator">.</span>Now<span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token operator">[</span><span class="token operator">]</span><span class="token builtin">int64</span><span class="token operator">{</span><span class="token number">11</span><span class="token operator">,</span><span class="token number">22</span><span class="token operator">,</span><span class="token number">33</span><span class="token operator">}</span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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</code></pre>
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<h2 id="row--rows">Row & Rows</h2>
 | 
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<p>It is even possible to get query result as <code>*sql.Row</code> or <code>*sql.Rows</code></p>
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						|
<pre><code class="lang-go">row <span class="token operator">:=</span> db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Table<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"users"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Where<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name = ?"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token string">"jinzhu"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Select<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name, age"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Row<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span> <span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// (*sql.Row)</span>
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row<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Scan<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>name<span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token operator">&</span>age<span class="token operator">)</span>
 | 
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						|
rows<span class="token operator">,</span> err <span class="token operator">:=</span> db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Model<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>User<span class="token operator">{</span><span class="token operator">}</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Where<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name = ?"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token string">"jinzhu"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Select<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name, age, email"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Rows<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span> <span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// (*sql.Rows, error)</span>
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<span class="token keyword">defer</span> rows<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Close<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
 | 
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<span class="token keyword">for</span> rows<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Next<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span> <span class="token operator">{</span>
 | 
						|
    <span class="token operator">...</span>
 | 
						|
    rows<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Scan<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>name<span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token operator">&</span>age<span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token operator">&</span>email<span class="token operator">)</span>
 | 
						|
    <span class="token operator">...</span>
 | 
						|
<span class="token operator">}</span>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// Raw SQL</span>
 | 
						|
rows<span class="token operator">,</span> err <span class="token operator">:=</span> db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Raw<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"select name, age, email from users where name = ?"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token string">"jinzhu"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Rows<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span> <span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// (*sql.Rows, error)</span>
 | 
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<span class="token keyword">defer</span> rows<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Close<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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<span class="token keyword">for</span> rows<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Next<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span> <span class="token operator">{</span>
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						|
    <span class="token operator">...</span>
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						|
    rows<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Scan<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>name<span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token operator">&</span>age<span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token operator">&</span>email<span class="token operator">)</span>
 | 
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    <span class="token operator">...</span>
 | 
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<span class="token operator">}</span>
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</code></pre>
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<h3 id="scan-rows">Scan Rows</h3>
 | 
						|
<pre><code class="lang-go">rows<span class="token operator">,</span> err <span class="token operator">:=</span> db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Model<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>User<span class="token operator">{</span><span class="token operator">}</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Where<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name = ?"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token string">"jinzhu"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Select<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name, age, email"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Rows<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span> <span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// (*sql.Rows, error)</span>
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<span class="token keyword">defer</span> rows<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Close<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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<span class="token keyword">for</span> rows<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Next<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span> <span class="token operator">{</span>
 | 
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  <span class="token keyword">var</span> user User
 | 
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  db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">ScanRows<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span>rows<span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token operator">&</span>user<span class="token operator">)</span>
 | 
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  <span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// do something</span>
 | 
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<span class="token operator">}</span>
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</code></pre>
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<h2 id="composite-primary-key">Composite Primary Key</h2>
 | 
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<pre><code class="lang-go"><span class="token keyword">type</span> Product <span class="token keyword">struct</span> <span class="token operator">{</span>
 | 
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    ID           <span class="token builtin">string</span> <span class="token string">`gorm:"primary_key"`</span>
 | 
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    LanguageCode <span class="token builtin">string</span> <span class="token string">`gorm:"primary_key"`</span>
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<span class="token operator">}</span>
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</code></pre>
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<h2 id="logger">Logger</h2>
 | 
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<p>Gorm has built-in logger support</p>
 | 
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<pre><code class="lang-go"><span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// Enable Logger</span>
 | 
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db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">LogMode<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token boolean">true</span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// Diable Logger</span>
 | 
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db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">LogMode<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token boolean">false</span><span class="token operator">)</span>
 | 
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<span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// Debug a single operation</span>
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db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Debug<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">Where<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token string">"name = ?"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token string">"jinzhu"</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">First<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span><span class="token operator">&</span>User<span class="token operator">{</span><span class="token operator">}</span><span class="token operator">)</span>
 | 
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</code></pre>
 | 
						|
<p><img src="https:/raw.github.com/jinzhu/gorm/master/doc/logger.png" alt="logger"></p>
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<h3 id="customize-logger">Customize Logger</h3>
 | 
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<pre><code class="lang-go"><span class="token comment" spellcheck="true">// Refer gorm's default logger for how to: https://github.com/jinzhu/gorm/blob/master/logger.go#files</span>
 | 
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db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">SetLogger<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span>gorm<span class="token operator">.</span>Logger<span class="token operator">{</span>revel<span class="token operator">.</span>TRACE<span class="token operator">}</span><span class="token operator">)</span>
 | 
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db<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">SetLogger<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span>log<span class="token operator">.</span><span class="token function">New<span class="token punctuation">(</span></span>os<span class="token operator">.</span>Stdout<span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token string">"\r\n"</span><span class="token operator">,</span> <span class="token number">0</span><span class="token operator">)</span><span class="token operator">)</span>
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