Add --tinyint-as-bool flag (v2.1.4 release)

bdb/column.go

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ type Column struct {
 	// https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/infoschema-element-types.html
 	ArrType *string
 	UDTName string
+
+	// MySQL only bits
+	// Used to get full type, ex:
+	// tinyint(1) instead of tinyint
+	// Used for "tinyint-as-bool" flag
+	FullDBType string
 }
 
 // ColumnNames of the columns.

bdb/drivers/mysql.go

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vattle/sqlboiler/bdb"
 )
 
+// TinyintAsBool is a global that is set from main.go if a user specifies
+// this flag when generating. This flag only applies to MySQL so we're using
+// a global instead, to avoid breaking the interface. If TinyintAsBool is true
+// then tinyint(1) will be mapped in your generated structs to bool opposed to int8.
+var TinyintAsBool bool
+
 // MySQLDriver holds the database connection string and a handle
 // to the database connection.
 type MySQLDriver struct {
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ func (m *MySQLDriver) Columns(schema, tableName string) ([]bdb.Column, error) {
 	rows, err := m.dbConn.Query(`
 	select
 	c.column_name,
+	c.column_type,
 	if(c.data_type = 'enum', c.column_type, c.data_type),
 	if(extra = 'auto_increment','auto_increment', c.column_default),
 	c.is_nullable = 'YES',
@@ -144,19 +151,21 @@ func (m *MySQLDriver) Columns(schema, tableName string) ([]bdb.Column, error) {
 	defer rows.Close()
 
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var colName, colType string
+		var colName, colType, colFullType string
 		var nullable, unique bool
 		var defaultValue *string
-		if err := rows.Scan(&colName, &colType, &defaultValue, &nullable, &unique); err != nil {
+		if err := rows.Scan(&colName, &colFullType, &colType, &defaultValue, &nullable, &unique); err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to scan for table %s", tableName)
 		}
 
 		column := bdb.Column{
-			Name:     colName,
-			DBType:   colType,
-			Nullable: nullable,
-			Unique:   unique,
+			Name:       colName,
+			FullDBType: colFullType, // example: tinyint(1) instead of tinyint
+			DBType:     colType,
+			Nullable:   nullable,
+			Unique:     unique,
 		}
+
 		if defaultValue != nil && *defaultValue != "NULL" {
 			column.Default = *defaultValue
 		}
@@ -260,7 +269,12 @@ func (m *MySQLDriver) TranslateColumnType(c bdb.Column) bdb.Column {
 	if c.Nullable {
 		switch c.DBType {
 		case "tinyint":
-			c.Type = "null.Int8"
+			// map tinyint(1) to bool if TinyintAsBool is true
+			if TinyintAsBool && c.FullDBType == "tinyint(1)" {
+				c.Type = "null.Bool"
+			} else {
+				c.Type = "null.Int8"
+			}
 		case "smallint":
 			c.Type = "null.Int16"
 		case "mediumint":
@@ -287,7 +301,12 @@ func (m *MySQLDriver) TranslateColumnType(c bdb.Column) bdb.Column {
 	} else {
 		switch c.DBType {
 		case "tinyint":
-			c.Type = "int8"
+			// map tinyint(1) to bool if TinyintAsBool is true
+			if TinyintAsBool && c.FullDBType == "tinyint(1)" {
+				c.Type = "bool"
+			} else {
+				c.Type = "int8"
+			}
 		case "smallint":
 			c.Type = "int16"
 		case "mediumint":

main.go

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kat-co/vala"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"github.com/vattle/sqlboiler/bdb/drivers"
 )
 
-const sqlBoilerVersion = "2.1.3"
+const sqlBoilerVersion = "2.1.4"
 
 var (
 	cmdState  *State
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ func main() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("no-hooks", "", false, "Disable hooks feature for your models")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("no-auto-timestamps", "", false, "Disable automatic timestamps for created_at/updated_at")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("version", "", false, "Print the version")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("tinyint-as-bool", "", false, "Map MySQL tinyint(1) in Go to bool instead of int8")
 
 	viper.SetDefault("postgres.sslmode", "require")
 	viper.SetDefault("postgres.port", "5432")
@@ -206,6 +208,9 @@ func preRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			SSLMode: viper.GetString("mysql.sslmode"),
 		}
 
+		// Set MySQL TinyintAsBool global var. This flag only applies to MySQL.
+		drivers.TinyintAsBool = viper.GetBool("tinyint-as-bool")
+
 		// MySQL doesn't have schemas, just databases
 		cmdConfig.Schema = cmdConfig.MySQL.DBName
 

testdata/mysql_test_schema.sql

@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ CREATE TABLE magicest (
   aaaa char NULL,
   bbbb char NOT NULL,
   cccc text NULL,
-  dddd text NOT NULL
+  dddd text NOT NULL,
+  eeee tinyint(2) NULL,
+  ffff tinyint(2) NOT NULL
 );
 
 create table owner (