add skip_insertion attribute for Insertable derive macro #3862
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diesel_tests/tests/insert.rs
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| let new_users: &[_] = &[UserWithLastName { | ||
| first_name: "Sean".to_string(), | ||
| last_name: "Black".to_string(), | ||
| ..Default::default() |
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Looks like a usage of this feature would always end up containing a part that's going to look like this where you have dummy values...
What happens with the ID though? It doesn't have the attribute so it looks like you are somewhat-implicitly setting it to zero?
And that looks encouraged by this feature...
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I wasn't intending to show anything related to the id/primary key field here, so I'll remove that from the test as it's not useful. I really just want to be able to insert into tables with generated columns without having to convert into some intermediate type first.
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Thanks for opening this PR. I think conceptually these changes look fine.
I somewhat agree with @Ten0 that it might make it easier to accidentally insert default values. We probably should not use such example in the documentation/tests.
That brings me to the point of things missing from this PR that needs to be fixed before merging:
- The documentation needs to be updated: (It needs to mention that attribute)
diesel/diesel_derives/src/lib.rs
Line 324 in bc263af
- This requires an entry in the
Changelog.mdfile
…e field attributes. Add changelog entry. Remove default intialization of struct fields in example test.
I replaced it with a string indicating that the value will not be used, but I'm not sure how else to handle it. I could try making it an |
Address a subset of #860, specifically related to the
Insertablederive macro. It's currently fairly painful to useInsertablefor tables with generated columns, this pr allows fields to be skipped during insertion.