MySQL Node.js Connection

The Connection object represents a single physical connection to the underlying database. You can use it to execute queries, or start transactions. Only one query or transaction at a time can run on a single connection. If you need to run multiple queries in parallel, you will need to get multiple connections from the ConnectionPool.

Connection.query(SQLQuery): Promise<any[]>

Run an SQL Query and get a promise for an array of results. If your query contains multiple statements, only the results of the final statement are returned.

const result = await task.query(sql`SELECT 1 + 1 AS a`);
result[0].a;
// => 2

Connection.query(SQLQuery[]): Promise<any[]>

If you pass an array of SQLQueries, you will get an array in response where each element of the array is the results of one of the queries.

const [resultA, resultB] = await task.query([
  sql`SELECT 1 + 1 AS a`,
  sql`SELECT 1 + 1 AS b`,
]);
resultA[0].a + resultB[0].b;
// => 4

Connection.queryStream(SQLQuery): AsyncIterable<any>

Run an SQL Query and get an async iterable of the results. e.g.

for await (const record of db.queryStream(sql`SELECT * FROM massive_table`)) {
  console.log(result);
}

Connection.queryNodeStream(SQLQuery): ReadableStream

Run an SQL Query and get a node.js readable stream of the results. e.g.

const Stringifier = require('newline-json').Stringifier;

db.queryNodeStream(sql`SELECT * FROM massive_table`)
  .pipe(new Stringifier())
  .pipe(process.stdout);

Connection.tx<T>(fn: (tx: Transaction) => Promise<T>, options?): Promise<T>

Executes the callback fn within a transaction on that connection.

A transaction wraps a regular task with 3 additional queries:

1. it executes BEGIN just before invoking the callback function

2. it executes ROLLBACK, if the callback throws an error or returns a rejected promise

3. it executes COMMIT, if the callback does throw any error and does not return a rejected promise

const result = await db.task(async (task) => {
  const resultA = await task.query(sql`SELECT 1 + 1 AS a`);
  const resultB = await task.query(sql`SELECT 1 + 1 AS b`);
  return resultA[0].a + resultB[0].b;
});
// => 4

Options:

Connection.task(fn): Promise<T>

This method exists to mimic the API in ConnectionPool.task. It does not allocate a fresh connection, and simply returns fn(this).