package pgtype_test import ( "context" "fmt" "os" "github.com/jackc/pgtype" pgx "github.com/jackc/pgx/v4" errors "golang.org/x/xerrors" ) type MyType struct { a int32 // NULL will cause decoding error b *string // there can be NULL in this position in SQL } func (dst *MyType) DecodeBinary(ci *pgtype.ConnInfo, src []byte) error { if src == nil { return errors.New("NULL values can't be decoded. Scan into a &*MyType to handle NULLs") } a := pgtype.Int4{} b := pgtype.Text{} if err := pgtype.ScanRowValue(ci, src, &a, &b); err != nil { return err } // type compatibility is checked by AssignTo // only lossless assignments will succeed if err := a.AssignTo(&dst.a); err != nil { return err } // AssignTo also deals with null value handling if err := b.AssignTo(&dst.b); err != nil { return err } return nil } func Example_compositeTypes() { conn, err := pgx.Connect(context.Background(), os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE")) if err != nil { panic(err) } defer conn.Close(context.Background()) _, err = conn.Exec(context.Background(), `drop type if exists mytype; create type mytype as ( a int4, b text );`) if err != nil { panic(err) } defer conn.Exec(context.Background(), "drop type mytype") var result *MyType if err = conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), "select (1,'foo')::mytype", pgx.QueryResultFormats{pgx.BinaryFormatCode}).Scan(&result); err != nil { panic(err) } fmt.Printf("First row: a=%d b=%s\n", result.a, *result.b) // Because we scan into &*MyType, NULLs are handled generically by assigning nil to result if err = conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), "select NULL::mytype", pgx.QueryResultFormats{pgx.BinaryFormatCode}).Scan(&result); err != nil { panic(err) } fmt.Printf("Second row: %v\n", result) // Output: // First row: a=1 b=foo // Second row: }