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SQLite migrations with sql-migrate and litemigrate. Use when setting up SQLite migrations, configuring foreign keys, or using modernc.org/sqlite driver.
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| name | use-sql-migrate-sqlite |
| description | SQLite migrations with sql-migrate and litemigrate. Use when setting up SQLite migrations, configuring foreign keys, or using modernc.org/sqlite driver. |
| depends | ["use-sqlmigrate"] |
sql-migrate -d ./sql/migrations/ init --sql-command sqlite
# .env
SQLITE_PATH='./app.db'
import (
"database/sql"
_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
"github.com/therootcompany/golib/database/sqlmigrate"
"github.com/therootcompany/golib/database/sqlmigrate/litemigrate"
)
// MUST: enable foreign keys via pragma
db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dbPath+"?_pragma=foreign_keys(1)")
conn, err := db.Conn(ctx)
defer func() { _ = conn.Close() }()
runner := litemigrate.New(conn)
applied, err := sqlmigrate.Latest(ctx, runner, scripts)
MUST: The caller imports the SQLite driver (modernc.org/sqlite recommended — pure Go, no CGo).
datetime('now') instead of CURRENT_TIMESTAMP for default values in expressionsTEXT for timestamp columns (SQLite has no native datetime type)INSERT OR IGNORE for idempotent seeds (not INSERT IGNORE)id || CHAR(9) || name (used by sync query)ALTER TABLE ... DROP COLUMN requires SQLite 3.35.0+ (2021-03-12)_migrations tabletodos.db if no env var setSQLite CHAR(n) columns map to interface{} in sqlc. Use column-level overrides:
# sqlc.yaml
sql:
- schema: "sql/migrations/"
queries: "sql/queries/"
engine: "sqlite"
gen:
go:
out: "internal/tododb"
overrides:
- column: "todos.id"
go_type: "string"
- column: "todos.status"
go_type: "string"
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PostgreSQL migrations with sql-migrate and pgmigrate. Use when setting up PostgreSQL migrations, schema multi-tenancy, or pgx connection for migrations.
sql-migrate CLI tool for database migrations. Use when initializing migrations, creating migration files, running up/down, checking status, or generating migration scripts. Covers psql, mariadb, mysql, sqlite, sqlcmd.
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MySQL and MariaDB migrations with sql-migrate and mymigrate. Use when setting up MySQL/MariaDB migrations, configuring multiStatements, or MY_CNF credentials.
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