prisma / prisma/orm

Active Record-like interface to Prisma result objects

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kind/feature topic: client api
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Description

Problem

Currently prisma does not support Active Record-like interface by default & we need to do the following or we can define client extensions ( but we need to define the instance methods for each model which is not productive in my opinion)


const user = await prisma.user.findFirst({
  where: { email: "test@example.com" }
});

await prisma.user.update({ 
  where: { id: user.id }, 
  data: { email: "updated@example.com" } 
})

Suggested solution

It would be great if we get the active-record like interface by default.

const user = await prisma.user.findFirst({
  where: { email: "test@example.com" }
});
user.email = "updated@example.com";
await user.save();
await user.delete();

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Research direction

Start by reading Prisma Client extensions and the Prisma result-object flow illustrated with prisma.user.findFirst, update, and the proposed save/delete calls. Define the scope for model instances returned by queries, then verify that field mutation, save, and delete work consistently across models and supported database connectors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, typescript
Domain
backend-api-design, databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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