A frequently encountered doubt people have when using jOOQ is to decide when a "complex" query should be written using jOOQ API vs. when it should be implemented using native SQL. The jOOQ manual is full of side by side examples of the same query, e.g. Using jOOQ: ctx.select(AUTHOR.FIRST_NAME, AUTHOR.LAST_NAME, count()) .from(AUTHOR) .join(BOOK).on(AUTHOR.ID.eq(BOOK.AUTHOR_ID)) .groupBy(AUTHOR.ID, AUTHOR.FIRST_NAME, … Continue reading When to Use jOOQ and When to Use Native SQL
Tag: Plain SQL Templating
What’s a “String” in the jOOQ API?
One of jOOQ's biggest strength is the fact that it is a type safe SQL API. "Type safe", in this context, means that every object that you put in a jOOQ query has a well defined type, such as: Condition Field Table These can be used in jOOQ in a type safe way as such: … Continue reading What’s a “String” in the jOOQ API?
Using Java 13+ Text Blocks for Plain SQL with jOOQ
Most jOOQ users use the jOOQ DSL API, which provides compile time type safety and an easy way to write dynamic SQL. But occasionally, this DSL get in the way, because it might be Overkill for some very simple quick and dirty SQL queries Too limited when running very advanced vendor specific SQL, such as … Continue reading Using Java 13+ Text Blocks for Plain SQL with jOOQ
Never Concatenate Strings With jOOQ
jOOQ supports a vast amount of SQL syntax out of the box. As such, most users will not think of resorting to string concatenation like in the old days when writing dynamic SQL with JDBC. But every now and then, a vendor specific feature is not supported by jOOQ (yes, it happens). In that case, … Continue reading Never Concatenate Strings With jOOQ