How to Efficiently Map One-to-Many and Many-to-Many Database Relationships to Structs in Go?

Efficiently Mapping One-to-Many and Many-to-Many Database Relationships to Structs in Go

Background

When working with a database, it is common to encounter one-to-many and many-to-many relationships. In such scenarios, efficient and scalable mapping of these relationships to Go structs is crucial.

Recommended Approach Using PostgreSQL Array Aggregators and GROUP BY

One effective approach is leveraging PostgreSQL's array aggregators and GROUP BY functionality. This involves creating a view that groups items and their related data together using an array aggregation. The resulting view can then be queried, with the array contents unmarshalled into a Go struct.

<br>sql := `<br>CREATE VIEW item_tags AS<br>SELECT<br>  id,<br>  ARRAY_AGG(ROW_TO_JSON(taglist.*)) AS tags<br>FROM<br>  (</p>
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  tag.name,
  tag.id
FROM
  tag
WHERE
  item_id = item.id

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) AS taglist
GROUP BY
item.id
`
db.MustExec(sql)

The Go code would then be:

<br>type Item struct {<br>  ID   int<br>  Tags []Tag<br>}</p>
<p>rows, err := db.Queryx("SELECT row_to_json(row) FROM (SELECT * FROM item_tags) row")<br>for rows.Next() {<br>  var item Item<br>  var jsonString string<br>  if err := rows.Scan(&jsonString); err != nil {</p>
<div class="code" style="position:relative; padding:0px; margin:0px;"><div class="code" style="position:relative; padding:0px; margin:0px;"><pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false">return err

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