MySQL/OTP is a driver for connecting Erlang/OTP applications to MySQL databases. It is a native implementation of the MySQL protocol in Erlang.

Some of the features:

• Mnesia style transactions:
  • Nested transactions are implemented using savepoints.
  • Transactions are automatically retried when deadlocks are detected.
• Uses the binary protocol for prepared statements.
• Each connection is a gen_server, which makes it compatible with Poolboy (for connection pooling) and ordinary OTP supervisors.
• No records in the public API.
• Slow queries are interrupted without killing the connection (MySQL version ≥ 5.0.0).

See also:

• API documenation (Edoc)
• Test coverage (EUnit)
• Why another MySQL driver? in the wiki
• MySQL/OTP + Poolboy: A simple application that combines MySQL/OTP with Poolboy for connection pooling.

%% Connect
{ok, Pid} = mysql:start_link([{host, "localhost"}, {user, "foo"},
                              {password, "hello"}, {database, "test"}]),

%% Select
{ok, ColumnNames, Rows} =
    mysql:query(Pid, <<"SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE id = ?">>, [1]),

%% Manipulate data
ok = mysql:query(Pid, "INSERT INTO mytable (id, bar) VALUES (?, ?)", [1, 42]),

%% Separate calls to fetch more info about the last query
LastInsertId = mysql:insert_id(Pid),
AffectedRows = mysql:affected_rows(Pid),
WarningCount = mysql:warning_count(Pid),

%% Mnesia style transaction (nestable)
Result = mysql:transaction(Pid, fun () ->
    ok = mysql:query(Pid, "INSERT INTO mytable (foo) VALUES (1)"),
    throw(foo),
    ok = mysql:query(Pid, "INSERT INTO mytable (foo) VALUES (1)")
end),
case Result of
    {atomic, ResultOfFun} ->
        io:format("Inserted 2 rows.~n");
    {aborted, Reason} ->
        io:format("Inserted 0 rows.~n")
end

%% Graceful timeout handling: SLEEP() returns 1 when interrupted
{ok, [<<"SLEEP(5)">>], [[1]]} =
    mysql:query(Pid, <<"SELECT SLEEP(5)">>, 1000),

Using erlang.mk:

DEPS = mysql
dep_mysql = git https://github.com/mysql-otp/mysql-otp 0.8.1

Using rebar:

{deps, [
    {mysql, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/mysql-otp/mysql-otp",
                   {tag, "0.8.1"}}}
]}.

Run the eunit tests with make eunit. The tests need an executable rebar in the $PATH. For the suite mysql_tests you need MySQL running on localhost and give privileges to the otptest user:

grant all privileges on otptest.* to otptest@localhost identified by 'otptest';

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