Golang type assertion

Question

I have created a type Role based off string, and I am now trying to get it to work with the database driver by implementing the Valuer and Scanner interfaces

Answer 1

Here is working code for the first function:

func (r *Role) Scan(value interface{}) error {
    *r = Role(value.(string))
    return nil
}

Although you may wish to use s, ok := value.(string) and return an error for !ok instead of panic-ing.

The signature for the a driver.Valuer is not what you gave but:

func (r Role) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
    return string(r), nil
}

Note this doesn't handle or produce NULL values.

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Answer 2

I don't think it's a good idea to modify the receiver of your method (r) in the Scan method.

You need a type assertion to convert value interface{} to string.
You are trying to convert a string to a pointer to Role.

func (r *Role) Scan(value interface{}) (retVal Role, err error) {
    var s string;

    if v,ok := value.(string); ok {
      s = v;
    }
    var rx Role
    rx = Role(s)

    var rx2 *Role
    rx2 = &rx
    _ = rx // just to silence the compiler for this demonstration
    _ = rx2 // just to silence the compiler for this demonstration
    return rx, nil
}

should work