Bump package version.

Add a PostgreSQL-specific getRecordForUpdate helper that appends FOR
UPDATE to the generated SELECT statement so callers can lock a row
inside an explicit transaction.

generateProcsForModels now always emits a direct-connection
get<RecordName>ForUpdate proc that accepts db_postgres.DbConn. There is
intentionally no dbType overload for this API, because reacquiring a
connection via withConnection would defeat the lock's transactional
scope.

The source docs and README now document the new helper and show the
intended usage pattern inside inTransaction:

  db.inTransaction:
    var item = conn.getTodoItemForUpdate(todoId)
    item.priority += 1
    discard conn.updateTodoItem(item)

Makefile

@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ SOURCES=$(shell find src -type f)
 build: $(shell find src -type f)
 	nimble build
 
+unittest:
+	nimble unittest
+.PHONY: unittest
+
+integrationtest:
+	nimble integrationtest
+.PHONY: integrationtest
+
 docs: $(shell find src -type f)
 	nim doc --project --index:on --git.url:https://github.com/jdbernard/fiber-orm --outdir:docs src/fiber_orm
 	nim rst2html --outdir:docs README.rst

README.rst

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Using Fiber ORM we can generate a data access layer with:
 .. code-block:: Nim
    # db.nim
    import std/[options]
-   import db_connectors/db_postgres
+   import db_connector/db_postgres
    import fiber_orm
    import ./models.nim
 
@@ -100,32 +100,90 @@ Using Fiber ORM we can generate a data access layer with:
 
    generateLookup(TodoDB, TimeEntry, @["todoItemId"])
 
-This will generate the following procedures:
+This will generate procedures like the following in two flavors:
+
+* a `dbType` flavor that acquires a connection via `withConnection`
+* a connection flavor that operates directly on an existing
+  `conn: D` where `D: DbConnType`
 
 .. code-block:: Nim
    proc getTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): TodoItem;
+   proc getTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: UUID): TodoItem;
+   proc getTodoItemForUpdate*(conn: db_postgres.DbConn, id: UUID): TodoItem;
+   proc tryGetTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): Option[TodoItem];
+   proc tryGetTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: UUID): Option[TodoItem];
    proc getTodoItemIfItExists*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): Option[TodoItem];
-   proc getAllTodoItems*(db: TodoDB): seq[TodoItem];
+   proc getTodoItemIfItExists*[D: DbConnType](
+     conn: D, id: UUID): Option[TodoItem];
+   proc getAllTodoItems*(db: TodoDB,
+     pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
+   proc getAllTodoItems*[D: DbConnType](conn: D,
+     pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
    proc createTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
+   proc createTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
    proc updateTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): bool;
+   proc updateTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TodoItem): bool;
+   proc createOrUpdateTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
+   proc createOrUpdateTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](
+     conn: D, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
    proc deleteTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): bool;
+   proc deleteTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TodoItem): bool;
    proc deleteTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): bool;
+   proc deleteTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: UUID): bool;
 
    proc findTodoItemsWhere*(db: TodoDB, whereClause: string,
-     values: varargs[string, dbFormat]): seq[TodoItem];
+     values: varargs[string, dbFormat],
+     pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
+   proc findTodoItemsWhere*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, whereClause: string,
+     values: varargs[string, dbFormat],
+     pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
 
    proc getTimeEntry*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): TimeEntry;
+   proc getTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: UUID): TimeEntry;
    proc getTimeEntryIfItExists*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): Option[TimeEntry];
-   proc getAllTimeEntries*(db: TodoDB): seq[TimeEntry];
+   proc getTimeEntryIfItExists*[D: DbConnType](
+     conn: D, id: UUID): Option[TimeEntry];
+   proc getAllTimeEntries*(db: TodoDB,
+     pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
+   proc getAllTimeEntries*[D: DbConnType](conn: D,
+     pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
    proc createTimeEntry*(db: TodoDB, rec: TimeEntry): TimeEntry;
+   proc createTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TimeEntry): TimeEntry;
    proc updateTimeEntry*(db: TodoDB, rec: TimeEntry): bool;
+   proc updateTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TimeEntry): bool;
    proc deleteTimeEntry*(db: TodoDB, rec: TimeEntry): bool;
+   proc deleteTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TimeEntry): bool;
    proc deleteTimeEntry*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): bool;
+   proc deleteTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: UUID): bool;
 
    proc findTimeEntriesWhere*(db: TodoDB, whereClause: string,
-     values: varargs[string, dbFormat]): seq[TimeEntry];
+     values: varargs[string, dbFormat],
+     pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
+   proc findTimeEntriesWhere*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, whereClause: string,
+     values: varargs[string, dbFormat],
+     pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
 
-   proc findTimeEntriesByTodoItemId(db: TodoDB, todoItemId: UUID): seq[TimeEntry];
+   proc findTimeEntriesByTodoItemId*(db: TodoDB, todoItemId: UUID,
+     pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
+   proc findTimeEntriesByTodoItemId*[D: DbConnType](
+     conn: D, todoItemId: UUID,
+     pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
+
+Use the `dbType` flavor when the caller does not already have a connection.
+Use the connection flavor inside `withConnection` or `inTransaction`.
+The generated `get<RecordName>ForUpdate` helper is PostgreSQL-specific and
+is only available for direct PostgreSQL connections.
+
+Warning: do not call the `dbType` flavor from inside `inTransaction`.
+Those overloads call `withConnection` and may acquire a different
+connection, causing the statements to execute outside the active
+transaction.
+
+.. code-block:: Nim
+   db.inTransaction:
+     var item = conn.getTodoItemForUpdate(todoId)
+     item.priority += 1
+     discard conn.updateTodoItem(item)
 
 Object-Relational Modeling
 ==========================
@@ -133,11 +191,11 @@ Object-Relational Modeling
 Model Class
 -----------
 
-Fiber ORM uses simple Nim `object`s and `ref object`s as model classes.
+Fiber ORM uses simple Nim objects and ref objects as model classes.
 Fiber ORM expects there to be one table for each model class.
 
 Name Mapping
-````````````
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Fiber ORM uses `snake_case` for database identifiers (column names, table
 names, etc.) and `camelCase` for Nim identifiers. We automatically convert
 model names to and from table names (`TodoItem` <-> `todo_items`), as well
@@ -168,7 +226,7 @@ procedures in the `fiber_orm/util`_ module for details.
 .. _util: fiber_orm/util.html
 
 ID Field
-````````
+^^^^^^^^
 
 Fiber ORM expects every model class to have a field named `id`, with a
 corresponding `id` column in the model table. This field must be either a
@@ -231,6 +289,35 @@ Nim Type         Postgres Type           SQLite Type
 `JsonNode`_      `jsonb`_
 ===============  ======================  =================
 
+Distinct types backed by a supported type are parsed through their backing
+type and then converted to the distinct type. This also applies when the
+distinct type is nested in an `Option`_ or `seq`.
+
+Custom Database Mappings
+------------------------
+
+A model module can customize conversion from the database's string
+representation by exporting a ``fromDbHook`` overload:
+
+.. code-block:: Nim
+
+   import std/strutils
+
+   type Money* = object
+     cents*: int64
+
+   proc fromDbHook*(_: typedesc[Money], value: string): Money =
+     Money(cents: value.parseBiggestInt)
+
+The overload must take ``typedesc[TargetType]`` and ``string``, and return
+``TargetType``. It must be visible where Fiber ORM's generated query code is
+declared, so export it when the type lives in another module.
+
+Fiber ORM uses a custom mapping before its built-in conversion for a value.
+``Option`` and ``seq`` remain structural: an absent optional value does not
+call the hook, while present optional values and individual sequence values
+do. Exceptions raised by the hook propagate to the caller.
+
 .. [#f1] Note that this implies that all `NULL`-able fields should be typed
          as optional using `Option[fieldType]`. Conversely, any fields with
          non-optional types should also be constrained to be `NOT NULL` in
@@ -257,8 +344,10 @@ Many of the Fiber ORM macros expect a database object type to be passed.
 In the example above the `pool.DbConnPool`_ object is used as database
 object type (aliased as `TodoDB`). This is the intended usage pattern, but
 anything can be passed as the database object type so long as there is a
-defined `withConn` template that provides an injected `conn: DbConn` object
+defined `withConnection` template that provides an injected `conn: DbConn` object
 to the provided statement body.
+The generated connection-flavor procedures are intended to work directly
+with that `conn` value.
 
 For example, a valid database object implementation that opens a new
 connection for every request might look like this:
@@ -269,7 +358,7 @@ connection for every request might look like this:
    type TodoDB* = object
      connString: string
 
-   template withConn*(db: TodoDB, stmt: untyped): untyped =
+   template withConnection*(db: TodoDB, stmt: untyped): untyped =
      let conn {.inject.} = open("", "", "", db.connString)
      try: stmt
      finally: close(conn)

fiber_orm.nimble

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "4.0.0"
+version       = "4.4.0"
 author        = "Jonathan Bernard"
 description   = "Lightweight Postgres ORM for Nim."
 license       = "GPL-3.0"
@@ -12,3 +12,14 @@ srcDir        = "src"
 
 requires @["nim >= 1.4.0", "uuids"]
 requires "namespaced_logging >= 2.0.2"
+
+
+# Tasks
+
+task unittest, "Runs the unit test suite.":
+  exec "nim c -r --path:src tests/test_datetime"
+  exec "nim c -r --path:src tests/test_distinct"
+  exec "nim c -r --path:src tests/test_custom_mapping"
+
+task integrationtest, "Runs the PostgreSQL integration test suite.":
+  exec "nim c -r --path:src tests/test_datetime_postgres"

src/fiber_orm.nim

@@ -100,39 +100,89 @@
 ##
 ##    generateLookup(TodoDB, TimeEntry, @["todoItemId"])
 ##
-## This will generate the following procedures:
+## This will generate procedures like the following in two flavors:
+##
+## * a `dbType` flavor that acquires a connection via `withConnection`
+## * a connection flavor that operates directly on an existing
+##   `conn: D` where `D: DbConnType`
 ##
 ## .. code-block:: Nim
 ##    proc getTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): TodoItem;
-##
+##    proc getTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: UUID): TodoItem;
+##    proc getTodoItemForUpdate*(conn: db_postgres.DbConn, id: UUID): TodoItem;
+##    proc tryGetTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): Option[TodoItem];
+##    proc tryGetTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: UUID): Option[TodoItem];
+##    proc getTodoItemIfItExists*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): Option[TodoItem];
+##    proc getTodoItemIfItExists*[D: DbConnType](
+##      conn: D, id: UUID): Option[TodoItem];
 ##    proc createTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
+##    proc createTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
 ##    proc updateTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): bool;
-##    proc createOrUpdateTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): bool;
+##    proc updateTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TodoItem): bool;
+##    proc createOrUpdateTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
+##    proc createOrUpdateTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](
+##      conn: D, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
 ##    proc deleteTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): bool;
+##    proc deleteTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TodoItem): bool;
 ##    proc deleteTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): bool;
+##    proc deleteTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: UUID): bool;
 ##
 ##    proc getAllTodoItems*(db: TodoDB,
-##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): seq[TodoItem];
+##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
+##    proc getAllTodoItems*[D: DbConnType](conn: D,
+##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
 ##
 ##    proc findTodoItemsWhere*(db: TodoDB, whereClause: string,
 ##      values: varargs[string, dbFormat], pagination = none[PaginationParams]()
-##      ): seq[TodoItem];
+##      ): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
+##    proc findTodoItemsWhere*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, whereClause: string,
+##      values: varargs[string, dbFormat], pagination = none[PaginationParams]()
+##      ): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
 ##
 ##    proc getTimeEntry*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): TimeEntry;
+##    proc getTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: UUID): TimeEntry;
 ##    proc createTimeEntry*(db: TodoDB, rec: TimeEntry): TimeEntry;
+##    proc createTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TimeEntry): TimeEntry;
 ##    proc updateTimeEntry*(db: TodoDB, rec: TimeEntry): bool;
+##    proc updateTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TimeEntry): bool;
 ##    proc deleteTimeEntry*(db: TodoDB, rec: TimeEntry): bool;
+##    proc deleteTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TimeEntry): bool;
 ##    proc deleteTimeEntry*(db: TodoDB, id: UUID): bool;
+##    proc deleteTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: UUID): bool;
 ##
 ##    proc getAllTimeEntries*(db: TodoDB,
-##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): seq[TimeEntry];
+##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
+##    proc getAllTimeEntries*[D: DbConnType](conn: D,
+##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
 ##
 ##    proc findTimeEntriesWhere*(db: TodoDB, whereClause: string,
 ##      values: varargs[string, dbFormat], pagination = none[PaginationParams]()
-##      ): seq[TimeEntry];
+##      ): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
+##    proc findTimeEntriesWhere*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, whereClause: string,
+##      values: varargs[string, dbFormat], pagination = none[PaginationParams]()
+##      ): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
 ##
-##    proc findTimeEntriesByTodoItemId(db: TodoDB, todoItemId: UUID,
+##    proc findTimeEntriesByTodoItemId*(db: TodoDB, todoItemId: UUID,
-##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): seq[TimeEntry];
+##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
+##    proc findTimeEntriesByTodoItemId*[D: DbConnType](
+##      conn: D, todoItemId: UUID,
+##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry];
+##
+## Use the `dbType` flavor when the caller does not already have a connection.
+## Use the connection flavor inside `withConnection` or `inTransaction`.
+## The generated `get<RecordName>ForUpdate` helper is PostgreSQL-specific and
+## is only available for direct PostgreSQL connections.
+##
+## Warning: do not call the `dbType` flavor from inside `inTransaction`.
+## Those overloads call `withConnection` and may acquire a different
+## connection, causing the statements to execute outside the active
+## transaction.
+##
+## .. code-block:: Nim
+##    db.inTransaction:
+##      var item = conn.getTodoItemForUpdate(todoId)
+##      item.priority += 1
+##      discard conn.updateTodoItem(item)
 ##
 ## Object-Relational Modeling
 ## ==========================
@@ -140,11 +190,11 @@
 ## Model Class
 ## -----------
 ##
-## Fiber ORM uses simple Nim `object`s and `ref object`s as model classes.
+## Fiber ORM uses simple Nim objects and ref objects as model classes.
 ## Fiber ORM expects there to be one table for each model class.
 ##
 ## Name Mapping
-## ````````````
+## ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 ## Fiber ORM uses `snake_case` for database identifiers (column names, table
 ## names, etc.) and `camelCase` for Nim identifiers. We automatically convert
 ## model names to and from table names (`TodoItem` <-> `todo_items`), as well
@@ -175,7 +225,7 @@
 ## .. _util: fiber_orm/util.html
 ##
 ## ID Field
-## ````````
+## ^^^^^^^^
 ##
 ## Fiber ORM expects every model class to have a field named `id`, with a
 ## corresponding `id` column in the model table. This field must be either a
@@ -238,6 +288,35 @@
 ## `JsonNode`_      `jsonb`_
 ## ===============  ======================  =================
 ##
+## Distinct types backed by a supported type are parsed through their backing
+## type and then converted to the distinct type. This also applies when the
+## distinct type is nested in an `Option`_ or `seq`.
+##
+## Custom Database Mappings
+## ------------------------
+##
+## A model module can customize conversion from the database's string
+## representation by exporting a ``fromDbHook`` overload:
+##
+## .. code-block:: Nim
+##
+##    import std/strutils
+##
+##    type Money* = object
+##      cents*: int64
+##
+##    proc fromDbHook*(_: typedesc[Money], value: string): Money =
+##      Money(cents: value.parseBiggestInt)
+##
+## The overload must take ``typedesc[TargetType]`` and ``string``, and return
+## ``TargetType``. It must be visible where Fiber ORM's generated query code is
+## declared, so export it when the type lives in another module.
+##
+## Fiber ORM uses a custom mapping before its built-in conversion for a value.
+## ``Option`` and ``seq`` remain structural: an absent optional value does not
+## call the hook, while present optional values and individual sequence values
+## do. Exceptions raised by the hook propagate to the caller.
+##
 ## .. [#f1] Note that this implies that all `NULL`-able fields should be typed
 ##          as optional using `Option[fieldType]`. Conversely, any fields with
 ##          non-optional types should also be constrained to be `NOT NULL` in
@@ -266,6 +345,8 @@
 ## anything can be passed as the database object type so long as there is a
 ## defined `withConnection` template that provides a `conn: DbConn` object
 ## to the provided statement body.
+## The generated connection-flavor procedures are intended to work directly
+## with that `conn` value.
 ##
 ## For example, a valid database object implementation that opens a new
 ## connection for every request might look like this:
@@ -285,7 +366,7 @@
 ## .. _pool.DbConnPool: fiber_orm/pool.html#DbConnPool
 ##
 import std/[json, macros, options, sequtils, strutils]
-import db_connector/db_common
+import db_connector/[db_common, db_postgres]
 import uuids
 
 from std/unicode import capitalize
@@ -334,7 +415,6 @@ proc createRecord*[D: DbConnType, T](db: D, rec: T): T =
     " RETURNING " & columnNamesForModel(rec).join(",")
 
   logQuery("createRecord", sqlStmt)
-  debug(getLogger("query"), %*{ "values": mc.values })
 
   let newRow = db.getRow(sql(sqlStmt), mc.values)
 
@@ -403,6 +483,36 @@ template getRecord*[D: DbConnType](db: D, modelType: type, id: typed): untyped =
 
   rowToModel(modelType, row)
 
+template getRecordForUpdate*(db: db_postgres.DbConn, modelType: type, id: typed): untyped =
+  ## Fetch a record by id and lock it with `FOR UPDATE`.
+  ##
+  ## This is PostgreSQL-specific and should only be used inside a transaction.
+  let sqlStmt =
+    "SELECT " & columnNamesForModel(modelType).join(",") &
+    " FROM " & tableName(modelType) &
+    " WHERE id = ? FOR UPDATE"
+
+  logQuery("getRecordForUpdate", sqlStmt, [("id", $id)])
+  let row = db.getRow(sql(sqlStmt), @[$id])
+
+  if allIt(row, it.len == 0):
+    raise newException(NotFoundError, "no " & modelName(modelType) & " record for id " & $id)
+
+  rowToModel(modelType, row)
+
+template tryGetRecord*[D: DbConnType](db: D, modelType: type, id: typed): untyped =
+  ## Fetch a record by id.
+  let sqlStmt =
+    "SELECT " & columnNamesForModel(modelType).join(",") &
+    " FROM " & tableName(modelType) &
+    " WHERE id = ?"
+
+  logQuery("tryGetRecord", sqlStmt, [("id", $id)])
+  let row = db.getRow(sql(sqlStmt), @[$id])
+
+  if allIt(row, it.len == 0): none[modelType]()
+  else: some(rowToModel(modelType, row))
+
 template findRecordsWhere*[D: DbConnType](
     db: D,
     modelType: type,
@@ -575,23 +685,50 @@ template findViaJoinTable*[D: DbConnType](
 
 macro generateProcsForModels*(dbType: type, modelTypes: openarray[type]): untyped =
   ## Generate all standard access procedures for the given model types. For a
-  ## `model class`_ named `TodoItem`, this will generate the following
+  ## `model class`_ named `TodoItem`, this will generate `dbType` and
-  ## procedures:
+  ## connection overloads for procedures like the following:
   ##
   ## .. code-block:: Nim
   ##    proc getTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, id: idType): TodoItem;
-  ##    proc getAllTodoItems*(db: TodoDB): TodoItem;
+  ##    proc getTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: idType): TodoItem;
+  ##    proc getTodoItemForUpdate*(conn: db_postgres.DbConn, id: idType): TodoItem;
+  ##    proc tryGetTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, id: idType): Option[TodoItem];
+  ##    proc tryGetTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: idType): Option[TodoItem];
+  ##    proc getTodoItemIfItExists*(db: TodoDB, id: idType): Option[TodoItem];
+  ##    proc getTodoItemIfItExists*[D: DbConnType](
+  ##      conn: D, id: idType): Option[TodoItem];
+  ##    proc getAllTodoItems*(db: TodoDB): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
+  ##    proc getAllTodoItems*[D: DbConnType](conn: D): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
   ##    proc createTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
+  ##    proc createTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
   ##    proc deleteTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): bool;
+  ##    proc deleteTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TodoItem): bool;
   ##    proc deleteTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, id: idType): bool;
+  ##    proc deleteTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: idType): bool;
   ##    proc updateTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): bool;
-  ##    proc createOrUpdateTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): bool;
+  ##    proc updateTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: TodoItem): bool;
+  ##    proc createOrUpdateTodoItem*(db: TodoDB, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
+  ##    proc createOrUpdateTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](
+  ##      conn: D, rec: TodoItem): TodoItem;
   ##
   ##    proc findTodoItemsWhere*(
-  ##      db: TodoDB, whereClause: string, values: varargs[string]): TodoItem;
+  ##      db: TodoDB,
+  ##      whereClause: string,
+  ##      values: varargs[string, dbFormat],
+  ##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
+  ##    proc findTodoItemsWhere*[D: DbConnType](
+  ##      conn: D,
+  ##      whereClause: string,
+  ##      values: varargs[string, dbFormat],
+  ##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem];
   ##
   ## `dbType` is expected to be some type that has a defined `withConnection`
   ## procedure (see `Database Object`_ for details).
+  ## The `dbType` overloads are convenience wrappers around `withConnection`.
+  ## Inside `inTransaction`, prefer the overloads that take `conn: D` where
+  ## `D: DbConnType` so all operations use the transaction connection.
+  ## The generated `get<RecordName>ForUpdate` helper is PostgreSQL-specific and
+  ## is only available for direct PostgreSQL connections.
   ##
   ## .. _Database Object: #database-object
   result = newStmtList()
@@ -603,6 +740,8 @@ macro generateProcsForModels*(dbType: type, modelTypes: openarray[type]): untype
 
     let modelName = $(t.getType[1])
     let getName = ident("get" & modelName)
+    let getForUpdateName = ident("get" & modelName & "ForUpdate")
+    let tryGetName = ident("tryGet" & modelName)
     let getIfExistsName = ident("get" & modelName & "IfItExists")
     let getAllName = ident("getAll" & pluralize(modelName))
     let findWhereName = ident("find" & pluralize(modelName) & "Where")
@@ -615,14 +754,35 @@ macro generateProcsForModels*(dbType: type, modelTypes: openarray[type]): untype
       proc `getName`*(db: `dbType`, id: `idType`): `t` =
         db.withConnection conn: result = getRecord(conn, `t`, id)
 
+      proc `getName`*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: `idType`): `t` =
+        result = getRecord(conn, `t`, id)
+
+      proc `getForUpdateName`*(conn: db_postgres.DbConn, id: `idType`): `t` =
+        result = getRecordForUpdate(conn, `t`, id)
+
+      proc `tryGetName`*(db: `dbType`, id: `idType`): Option[`t`] =
+        db.withConnection conn: result = tryGetRecord(conn, `t`, id)
+
+      proc `tryGetName`*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: `idType`): Option[`t`] =
+        result = tryGetRecord(conn, `t`, id)
+
       proc `getIfExistsName`*(db: `dbType`, id: `idType`): Option[`t`] =
         db.withConnection conn:
           try: result = some(getRecord(conn, `t`, id))
           except NotFoundError: result = none[`t`]()
 
+      proc `getIfExistsName`*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: `idType`): Option[`t`] =
+        try: result = some(getRecord(conn, `t`, id))
+        except NotFoundError: result = none[`t`]()
+
       proc `getAllName`*(db: `dbType`, pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[`t`] =
         db.withConnection conn: result = getAllRecords(conn, `t`, pagination)
 
+      proc `getAllName`*[D: DbConnType](
+          conn: D,
+          pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[`t`] =
+        result = getAllRecords(conn, `t`, pagination)
+
       proc `findWhereName`*(
           db: `dbType`,
           whereClause: string,
@@ -631,21 +791,43 @@ macro generateProcsForModels*(dbType: type, modelTypes: openarray[type]): untype
         db.withConnection conn:
           result = findRecordsWhere(conn, `t`, whereClause, values, pagination)
 
+      proc `findWhereName`*[D: DbConnType](
+          conn: D,
+          whereClause: string,
+          values: varargs[string, dbFormat],
+          pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[`t`] =
+        result = findRecordsWhere(conn, `t`, whereClause, values, pagination)
+
       proc `createName`*(db: `dbType`, rec: `t`): `t` =
         db.withConnection conn: result = createRecord(conn, rec)
 
+      proc `createName`*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: `t`): `t` =
+        result = createRecord(conn, rec)
+
       proc `updateName`*(db: `dbType`, rec: `t`): bool =
         db.withConnection conn: result = updateRecord(conn, rec)
 
+      proc `updateName`*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: `t`): bool =
+        result = updateRecord(conn, rec)
+
       proc `createOrUpdateName`*(db: `dbType`, rec: `t`): `t` =
         db.inTransaction: result = createOrUpdateRecord(conn, rec)
 
+      proc `createOrUpdateName`*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: `t`): `t` =
+        result = createOrUpdateRecord(conn, rec)
+
       proc `deleteName`*(db: `dbType`, rec: `t`): bool =
         db.withConnection conn: result = deleteRecord(conn, rec)
 
+      proc `deleteName`*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, rec: `t`): bool =
+        result = deleteRecord(conn, rec)
+
       proc `deleteName`*(db: `dbType`, id: `idType`): bool =
         db.withConnection conn: result = deleteRecord(conn, `t`, id)
 
+      proc `deleteName`*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, id: `idType`): bool =
+        result = deleteRecord(conn, `t`, id)
+
 macro generateLookup*(dbType: type, modelType: type, fields: seq[string]): untyped =
   ## Create a lookup procedure for a given set of field names. For example,
   ## given the TODO database demostrated above,
@@ -657,42 +839,49 @@ macro generateLookup*(dbType: type, modelType: type, fields: seq[string]): untyp
   ##
   ## .. code-block:: Nim
   ##    proc findTodoItemsByOwnerAndPriority*(db: SampleDB,
-  ##      owner: string, priority: int): seq[TodoItem]
+  ##      owner: string, priority: int,
+  ##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem]
+  ##    proc findTodoItemsByOwnerAndPriority*[D: DbConnType](conn: D,
+  ##      owner: string, priority: int,
+  ##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem]
+  ##
+  ## Use the `db` overload for standalone calls and the `conn` overload inside
+  ## `withConnection` or `inTransaction`.
   let fieldNames = fields[1].mapIt($it)
   let procName = ident("find" & pluralize($modelType.getType[1]) & "By" & fieldNames.mapIt(it.capitalize).join("And"))
-
-  # Create proc skeleton
-  result = quote do:
-    proc `procName`*(db: `dbType`): PagedRecords[`modelType`] =
-      db.withConnection conn: result = findRecordsBy(conn, `modelType`)
-
   var callParams = quote do: @[]
 
-  # Add dynamic parameters for the proc definition and inner proc call
+  # Add dynamic parameters for the generated proc and inner proc call.
   for n in fieldNames:
     let paramTuple = newNimNode(nnkPar)
     paramTuple.add(newColonExpr(ident("field"), newLit(identNameToDb(n))))
     paramTuple.add(newColonExpr(ident("value"), ident(n)))
-
-    # Add the parameter to the outer call (the generated proc)
-    # result[3] is ProcDef -> [3]: FormalParams
-    result[3].add(newIdentDefs(ident(n), ident("string")))
-
-    # Build up the AST for the inner procedure call
     callParams[1].add(paramTuple)
 
-  # Add the optional pagination parameters to the generated proc definition
+  let dbProcDefAST = quote do:
-  result[3].add(newIdentDefs(
+    proc `procName`*(db: `dbType`): PagedRecords[`modelType`] =
+      db.withConnection conn:
+        result = findRecordsBy(conn, `modelType`, `callParams`, pagination)
+
+  let connProcDefAST = quote do:
+    proc `procName`*[D: DbConnType](conn: D): PagedRecords[`modelType`] =
+      result = findRecordsBy(conn, `modelType`, `callParams.copyNimTree`, pagination)
+
+  for n in fieldNames:
+    dbProcDefAST[3].add(newIdentDefs(ident(n), ident("string")))
+    connProcDefAST[3].add(newIdentDefs(ident(n), ident("string")))
+
+  dbProcDefAST[3].add(newIdentDefs(
     ident("pagination"), newEmptyNode(),
     quote do: none[PaginationParams]()))
 
-  # Add the call params to the inner procedure call
+  connProcDefAST[3].add(newIdentDefs(
-  # result[6][0][1][0][1] is
+    ident("pagination"), newEmptyNode(),
-  #   ProcDef -> [6]: StmtList (body) -> [0]: Command ->
+    quote do: none[PaginationParams]()))
-  #     [2]: StmtList (withConnection body) -> [0]: Asgn (result =) ->
+
-  #     [1]: Call (inner findRecords invocation)
+  result = newStmtList()
-  result[6][0][2][0][1].add(callParams)
+  result.add dbProcDefAST
-  result[6][0][2][0][1].add(quote do: pagination)
+  result.add connProcDefAST
 
 macro generateProcsForFieldLookups*(dbType: type, modelsAndFields: openarray[tuple[t: type, fields: seq[string]]]): untyped =
   result = newStmtList()
@@ -702,32 +891,38 @@ macro generateProcsForFieldLookups*(dbType: type, modelsAndFields: openarray[tup
     let fieldNames = i[1][1][1].mapIt($it)
 
     let procName = ident("find" & $modelType & "sBy" & fieldNames.mapIt(it.capitalize).join("And"))
-
-    # Create proc skeleton
-    let procDefAST = quote do:
-      proc `procName`*(db: `dbType`): PagedRecords[`modelType`] =
-        db.withConnection conn: result = findRecordsBy(conn, `modelType`)
-
     var callParams = quote do: @[]
 
-    # Add dynamic parameters for the proc definition and inner proc call
+    # Add dynamic parameters for the generated proc and inner proc call.
     for n in fieldNames:
       let paramTuple = newNimNode(nnkPar)
       paramTuple.add(newColonExpr(ident("field"), newLit(identNameToDb(n))))
       paramTuple.add(newColonExpr(ident("value"), ident(n)))
-
-      procDefAST[3].add(newIdentDefs(ident(n), ident("string")))
       callParams[1].add(paramTuple)
 
-    # Add the optional pagination parameters to the generated proc definition
+    let dbProcDefAST = quote do:
-    procDefAST[3].add(newIdentDefs(
+      proc `procName`*(db: `dbType`): PagedRecords[`modelType`] =
+        db.withConnection conn:
+          result = findRecordsBy(conn, `modelType`, `callParams`, pagination)
+
+    let connProcDefAST = quote do:
+      proc `procName`*[D: DbConnType](conn: D): PagedRecords[`modelType`] =
+        result = findRecordsBy(conn, `modelType`, `callParams.copyNimTree`, pagination)
+
+    for n in fieldNames:
+      dbProcDefAST[3].add(newIdentDefs(ident(n), ident("string")))
+      connProcDefAST[3].add(newIdentDefs(ident(n), ident("string")))
+
+    dbProcDefAST[3].add(newIdentDefs(
       ident("pagination"), newEmptyNode(),
       quote do: none[PaginationParams]()))
 
-    procDefAST[6][0][1][0][1].add(callParams)
+    connProcDefAST[3].add(newIdentDefs(
-    procDefAST[6][0][1][0][1].add(quote do: pagination)
+      ident("pagination"), newEmptyNode(),
+      quote do: none[PaginationParams]()))
 
-    result.add procDefAST
+    result.add dbProcDefAST
+    result.add connProcDefAST
 
 macro generateJoinTableProcs*(
     dbType, model1Type, model2Type: type,
@@ -739,11 +934,19 @@ macro generateJoinTableProcs*(
   ## This macro will generate the following procedures:
   ##
   ## .. code-block:: Nim
-  ##    proc findTodoItemsByTimeEntry*(db: SampleDB, timeEntry: TimeEntry): seq[TodoItem]
+  ##    proc getTodoItemsByTimeEntry*(db: SampleDB, timeEntry: TimeEntry,
-  ##    proc findTimeEntriesByTodoItem*(db: SampleDB, todoItem: TodoItem): seq[TimeEntry]
+  ##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem]
+  ##    proc getTodoItemsByTimeEntry*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, timeEntry: TimeEntry,
+  ##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TodoItem]
+  ##    proc getTimeEntriesByTodoItem*(db: SampleDB, todoItem: TodoItem,
+  ##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry]
+  ##    proc getTimeEntriesByTodoItem*[D: DbConnType](conn: D, todoItem: TodoItem,
+  ##      pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[TimeEntry]
   ##
   ## `dbType` is expected to be some type that has a defined `withConnection`
   ## procedure (see `Database Object`_ for details).
+  ## As with the other generated helpers, use the connection overloads when
+  ## you are already inside `withConnection` or `inTransaction`.
   ##
   ## .. _Database Object: #database-object
   result = newStmtList()
@@ -775,6 +978,18 @@ macro generateJoinTableProcs*(
           id,
           pagination)
 
+    proc `getModel1Name`*[D: DbConnType](
+        conn: D,
+        id: `id2Type`,
+        pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[`model1Type`] =
+      result = findViaJoinTable(
+        conn,
+        `joinTableNameNode`,
+        `model1Type`,
+        `model2Type`,
+        id,
+        pagination)
+
     proc `getModel1Name`*(
         db: `dbType`,
         rec: `model2Type`,
@@ -787,10 +1002,21 @@ macro generateJoinTableProcs*(
           rec,
           pagination)
 
+    proc `getModel1Name`*[D: DbConnType](
+        conn: D,
+        rec: `model2Type`,
+        pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[`model1Type`] =
+      result = findViaJoinTable(
+        conn,
+        `joinTableNameNode`,
+        `model1Type`,
+        rec,
+        pagination)
+
     proc `getModel2Name`*(
         db: `dbType`,
         id: `id1Type`,
-        pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): Pagedrecords[`model2Type`] =
+        pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[`model2Type`] =
       db.withConnection conn:
         result = findViaJoinTable(
           conn,
@@ -800,10 +1026,22 @@ macro generateJoinTableProcs*(
           id,
           pagination)
 
+    proc `getModel2Name`*[D: DbConnType](
+        conn: D,
+        id: `id1Type`,
+        pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[`model2Type`] =
+      result = findViaJoinTable(
+        conn,
+        `joinTableNameNode`,
+        `model2Type`,
+        `model1Type`,
+        id,
+        pagination)
+
     proc `getModel2Name`*(
         db: `dbType`,
         rec: `model1Type`,
-        pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): Pagedrecords[`model2Type`] =
+        pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[`model2Type`] =
       db.withConnection conn:
         result = findViaJoinTable(
           conn,
@@ -812,6 +1050,17 @@ macro generateJoinTableProcs*(
           rec,
           pagination)
 
+    proc `getModel2Name`*[D: DbConnType](
+        conn: D,
+        rec: `model1Type`,
+        pagination = none[PaginationParams]()): PagedRecords[`model2Type`] =
+      result = findViaJoinTable(
+        conn,
+        `joinTableNameNode`,
+        `model2Type`,
+        rec,
+        pagination)
+
     proc associate*(
         db: `dbType`,
         rec1: `model1Type`,
@@ -819,6 +1068,12 @@ macro generateJoinTableProcs*(
       db.withConnection conn:
         associate(conn, `joinTableNameNode`, rec1, rec2)
 
+    proc associate*[D: DbConnType](
+        conn: D,
+        rec1: `model1Type`,
+        rec2: `model2Type`): void =
+      associate(conn, `joinTableNameNode`, rec1, rec2)
+
     proc associate*(
         db: `dbType`,
         rec2: `model2Type`,
@@ -826,7 +1081,22 @@ macro generateJoinTableProcs*(
       db.withConnection conn:
         associate(conn, `joinTableNameNode`, rec1, rec2)
 
+    proc associate*[D: DbConnType](
+        conn: D,
+        rec2: `model2Type`,
+        rec1: `model1Type`): void =
+      associate(conn, `joinTableNameNode`, rec1, rec2)
+
 template inTransaction*(db, body: untyped) =
+  ## Execute `body` inside a transaction using a single connection bound to
+  ## `conn`.
+  ##
+  ## When calling generated Fiber ORM helpers inside this block, use the
+  ## overloads that take `conn: D` where `D: DbConnType`. Do not call the
+  ## overloads that take the outer database object, because those call
+  ## `withConnection` again and may acquire a different connection.
+  ## If you need to lock a PostgreSQL row before modifying it, use the
+  ## generated `get<RecordName>ForUpdate` helper.
   db.withConnection conn:
     conn.exec(sql"BEGIN TRANSACTION")
     try:

src/fiber_orm/util.nim

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import uuids
 import std/nre except toSeq
 
 type
+  NoDbHook = object
+
   PaginationParams* = object
     pageSize*: int
     offset*: int
@@ -23,15 +25,20 @@ type
     placeholders*: seq[string]
     values*: seq[string]
 
+proc fromDbHook[T](_: typedesc[T], _: string): NoDbHook =
+  ## Default overload used to detect that a consumer has not supplied a
+  ## database mapping for `T`.
+  NoDbHook()
+
 const ISO_8601_FORMATS = @[
   "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssz",
   "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:sszzz",
+  "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'ffffffzzz",
   "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'fffzzz",
-  "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'ffffzzz",
   "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssz",
   "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:sszzz",
-  "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'fffzzz",
+  "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'ffffffzzz",
-  "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'ffffzzz"
+  "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'fffzzz"
 ]
 
 proc parseIso8601(val: string): DateTime =
@@ -121,32 +128,41 @@ proc parsePGDatetime*(val: string): DateTime =
   const PG_TIMESTAMP_FORMATS = [
     "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss",
     "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssz",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssz",
     "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:sszz",
     "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:sszz",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:sszzz",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:sszzz",
     "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'fff",
     "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'fff",
     "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'fffzz",
     "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'fffzz",
     "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'fffzzz",
     "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'fffzzz",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'ffffff",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'ffffff",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'ffffffz",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'ffffffz",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'ffffffzz",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'ffffffzz",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.'ffffffzzz",
+    "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'ffffffzzz",
   ]
 
   var correctedVal = val;
 
-  # The Nim `times#format` function only recognizes 3-digit millisecond values
+  # Nim's time parser requires a fixed number of fractional digits for each
-  # but PostgreSQL will sometimes send 1-2 digits, truncating any trailing 0's,
+  # format pattern. PostgreSQL emits between one and six digits, omitting
-  # or sometimes provide more than three digits of preceision in the millisecond value leading
+  # trailing zeroes. Normalize the fraction to six digits so parsing retains
-  # to values like `2020-01-01 16:42.3+00` or `2025-01-06 00:56:00.9007+00`.
+  # PostgreSQL's full microsecond precision.
-  # This cannot currently be parsed by the standard times format as it expects
+  let PG_PARTIAL_FORMAT_REGEX = re"(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}( |T)\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.)(\d+)(\S+)?"
-  # exactly three digits for millisecond values. So we have to detect this and
-  # coerce the millisecond value to exactly 3 digits.
-  let PG_PARTIAL_FORMAT_REGEX = re"(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}( |'T')\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.)(\d+)(\S+)?"
   let match = val.match(PG_PARTIAL_FORMAT_REGEX)
 
   if match.isSome:
     let c = match.get.captures
-    if c.toSeq.len == 2: correctedVal = c[0] & alignLeft(c[2], 3, '0')[0..2]
+    correctedVal = c[0] & alignLeft(c[2], 6, '0')[0..5]
-    else: correctedVal = c[0] & alignLeft(c[2], 3, '0')[0..2] & c[3]
+    if 3 in c: correctedVal &= c[3]
 
   var errStr = ""
 
@@ -216,60 +232,53 @@ proc parseDbArray*(val: string): seq[string] =
   if not (parseState == inQuote) and curStr.len > 0:
     result.add(curStr)
 
-func createParseStmt*(t, value: NimNode): NimNode =
+func createParseStmt*(t, value: NimNode): NimNode
-  ## Utility method to create the Nim code required to parse a value coming from
-  ## the a database query. This is used by functions like `rowToModel` to parse
-  ## the dataabase columns into the Nim object fields.
 
+template parseDbValueWithHook(
+    targetType,
+    value,
+    automaticParse: untyped): untyped =
+  block:
+    var target: targetType
+    mixin fromDbHook
+    when typeof(fromDbHook(type(target), value)) is targetType:
+      fromDbHook(type(target), value)
+    else:
+      automaticParse
+
+
+func unsupportedParseStmt(t: NimNode, description: string): NimNode =
+  let message = newLit("Cannot parse column with " & description)
+  result = quote do:
+    block:
+      {.error: `message`.}
+      default(`t`)
+
+
+func createAutomaticParseStmt(t, value: NimNode): NimNode =
   if t.typeKind == ntyObject:
-
+    if t.getType == UUID.getType:
-    if t.getTypeInst == Option.getType:
-      var innerType = t.getTypeImpl[2][0] # start at the first RecList
-      # If the value is a non-pointer type, there is another inner RecList
-      if innerType.kind == nnkRecList: innerType = innerType[0]
-      innerType = innerType[1] # now we can take the field type from the first symbol
-
-      let parseStmt = createParseStmt(innerType, value)
-      result = quote do:
-        if `value`.len == 0:  none[`innerType`]()
-        else:                 some(`parseStmt`)
-
-    elif t.getType == UUID.getType:
       result = quote do: parseUUID(`value`)
 
     elif t.getType == DateTime.getType:
       result = quote do: parsePGDatetime(`value`)
 
-    else: error "Cannot parse column with unknown object type: " & $t.getTypeInst
+    else:
+      result = unsupportedParseStmt(
+        t, "unknown object type: " & $t.getTypeInst)
 
-  elif t.typeKind == ntyGenericInst:
+  elif t.typeKind == ntyDistinct:
-
+    let baseType = t.getTypeImpl[0]
-    if t.kind == nnkBracketExpr and
+    let parseStmt = createParseStmt(baseType, value)
-       t.len > 0 and
+    result = quote do: `t`(`parseStmt`)
-       t[0] == Option.getType:
-
-      var innerType = t.getTypeInst[1]
-      let parseStmt = createParseStmt(innerType, value)
-      result = quote do:
-        if `value`.len == 0:  none[`innerType`]()
-        else:                 some(`parseStmt`)
-
-    else: error "Cannot parse column with unknown generic instance type: " & $t.getTypeInst
 
   elif t.typeKind == ntyRef:
-
     if $t.getTypeInst == "JsonNode":
       result = quote do: parseJson(`value`)
 
     else:
-      error "Cannot parse column with unknown ref type: " & $t.getTypeInst
+      result = unsupportedParseStmt(
-
+        t, "unknown ref type: " & $t.getTypeInst)
-  elif t.typeKind == ntySequence:
-    let innerType = t[1]
-
-    let parseStmts = createParseStmt(innerType, ident("it"))
-
-    result = quote do: parseDbArray(`value`).mapIt(`parseStmts`)
 
   elif t.typeKind == ntyString:
     result = quote do: `value`
@@ -288,7 +297,47 @@ func createParseStmt*(t, value: NimNode): NimNode =
     result = quote do: parseEnum[`innerType`](`value`)
 
   else:
-    error "Cannot parse column with unknown value type: " & $t.typeKind
+    result = unsupportedParseStmt(
+      t, "unknown value type: " & $t.typeKind)
+
+
+func createParseStmt*(t, value: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Create code to parse a value returned by a database query.
+  ##
+  ## `Option` and `seq` remain structural mappings owned by Fiber ORM. Their
+  ## contained values are parsed recursively and may use `fromDbHook`.
+  if t.typeKind == ntyObject and t.getTypeInst == Option.getType:
+    var innerType = t.getTypeImpl[2][0] # start at the first RecList
+    # If the value is a non-pointer type, there is another inner RecList.
+    if innerType.kind == nnkRecList: innerType = innerType[0]
+    innerType = innerType[1] # take the field type from the first symbol
+
+    let parseStmt = createParseStmt(innerType, value)
+    result = quote do:
+      if `value`.len == 0:  none[`innerType`]()
+      else:                 some(`parseStmt`)
+    return
+
+  if t.typeKind == ntyGenericInst and
+     t.kind == nnkBracketExpr and
+     t.len > 0 and
+     t[0] == Option.getType:
+    let innerType = t.getTypeInst[1]
+    let parseStmt = createParseStmt(innerType, value)
+    result = quote do:
+      if `value`.len == 0:  none[`innerType`]()
+      else:                 some(`parseStmt`)
+    return
+
+  if t.typeKind == ntySequence:
+    let innerType = t[1]
+    let parseStmt = createParseStmt(innerType, ident("it"))
+    result = quote do: parseDbArray(`value`).mapIt(`parseStmt`)
+    return
+
+  let automaticParseStmt = createAutomaticParseStmt(t, value)
+  result = quote do:
+    parseDbValueWithHook(`t`, `value`, `automaticParseStmt`)
 
 func fields(t: NimNode): seq[tuple[fieldIdent: NimNode, fieldType: NimNode]] =
   #[
@@ -382,7 +431,6 @@ macro rowToModel*(modelType: typed, row: seq[string]): untyped =
       fieldIdent,
       createParseStmt(fieldType, itemLookup)))
     idx += 1
-
 #[
 macro listFields*(t: typed): untyped =
   var fields: seq[tuple[n: string, t: string]] = @[]

tests/custom_db_types.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import std/[strutils]
+
+
+type
+  ValidatedId* = distinct string
+
+  Money* = object
+    cents*: int64
+
+
+proc fromDbHook*(
+    _: typedesc[ValidatedId],
+    value: string): ValidatedId =
+  if not value.startsWith("id_"):
+    raise newException(ValueError, "validated ID must begin with id_")
+  ValidatedId(value.toUpperAscii)
+
+
+proc fromDbHook*(_: typedesc[Money], value: string): Money =
+  Money(cents: value.parseBiggestInt)

tests/test_custom_mapping.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import std/[options, unittest]
+
+import fiber_orm/util
+
+import ./custom_db_types
+
+
+type CustomModel = object
+  id: ValidatedId
+  optionalId: Option[ValidatedId]
+  absentId: Option[ValidatedId]
+  relatedIds: seq[ValidatedId]
+  balance: Money
+
+
+suite "custom database mappings":
+
+  test "uses custom mappings for values nested in structural types":
+    let model = rowToModel(CustomModel, @[
+      "id_primary",
+      "id_optional",
+      "",
+      "{id_first,id_second}",
+      "1250",
+    ])
+
+    check:
+      string(model.id) == "ID_PRIMARY"
+      model.optionalId.isSome
+      string(model.optionalId.get) == "ID_OPTIONAL"
+      model.absentId.isNone
+      model.relatedIds.len == 2
+      string(model.relatedIds[0]) == "ID_FIRST"
+      string(model.relatedIds[1]) == "ID_SECOND"
+      model.balance.cents == 1_250
+
+  test "propagates errors from custom mappings without falling back":
+    expect ValueError:
+      discard rowToModel(CustomModel, @[
+        "invalid",
+        "",
+        "",
+        "{}",
+        "1250",
+      ])

tests/test_datetime.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import std/[times, unittest]
+
+import fiber_orm/util
+
+proc utcDateTime(nanosecond: NanosecondRange): DateTime =
+  dateTime(
+    2026, mAug, 26, 14, 32, 10, nanosecond,
+    utc())
+
+suite "PostgreSQL DateTime conversion":
+  test "formats DateTime values with microsecond precision":
+    check dbFormat(utcDateTime(123_457_000)) ==
+      "2026-08-26T14:32:10.123457Z"
+
+  test "parses whole-second, millisecond, and microsecond values":
+    let cases = [
+      ("2026-08-26 14:32:10+00", 0),
+      ("2026-08-26 14:32:10.123+00", 123_000_000),
+      ("2026-08-26 14:32:10.9007+00", 900_700_000),
+      ("2026-08-26 14:32:10.12345+00", 123_450_000),
+      ("2026-08-26 14:32:10.123457+00", 123_457_000),
+    ]
+
+    for (value, expectedNanosecond) in cases:
+      let parsed = parsePGDatetime(value)
+      check parsed.nanosecond == expectedNanosecond
+      check parsed.utc.format("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss") ==
+        "2026-08-26T14:32:10"
+
+  test "preserves supported separators and timezone representations":
+    let timezoneCases = [
+      "2026-08-26 14:32:10+00",
+      "2026-08-26T14:32:10+00",
+      "2026-08-26T14:32:10+00:00",
+      "2026-08-26 14:32:10.123+00",
+      "2026-08-26T14:32:10.123457+00:00",
+      "2026-08-26T14:32:10.123457Z",
+    ]
+
+    for value in timezoneCases:
+      check parsePGDatetime(value).utc.format("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss") ==
+        "2026-08-26T14:32:10"
+
+    let localCases = [
+      "2026-08-26 14:32:10",
+      "2026-08-26T14:32:10",
+      "2026-08-26 14:32:10.1",
+      "2026-08-26T14:32:10.12",
+    ]
+
+    for value in localCases:
+      check parsePGDatetime(value).format("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss") ==
+        "2026-08-26T14:32:10"

tests/test_datetime_postgres.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import std/[os, times, unittest]
+import db_connector/[db_common, db_postgres]
+
+import fiber_orm/util
+
+proc utcDateTime(nanosecond: NanosecondRange): DateTime =
+  dateTime(
+    2026, mAug, 26, 14, 32, 10, nanosecond,
+    utc())
+
+let connectionString = getEnv("FIBER_ORM_TEST_DB")
+if connectionString.len == 0:
+  quit "FIBER_ORM_TEST_DB must contain a PostgreSQL connection string"
+
+suite "PostgreSQL DateTime round trips":
+  test "preserves whole-second, millisecond, and microsecond values":
+    let db = db_postgres.open("", "", "", connectionString)
+    defer: db.close()
+    db.exec(sql"SET TIME ZONE 'UTC'")
+
+    for expected in [
+      utcDateTime(0),
+      utcDateTime(123_000_000),
+      utcDateTime(123_457_000),
+    ]:
+      let dbValue = db.getValue(
+        sql"SELECT ?::timestamp with time zone",
+        dbFormat(expected))
+      let actual = parsePGDatetime(dbValue)
+      check actual.toTime == expected.toTime

tests/test_distinct.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import std/[options, times, unittest]
+
+import uuids
+
+import fiber_orm/util
+
+
+type
+  StringId = distinct string
+  NestedStringId = distinct StringId
+  UuidId = distinct UUID
+  Count = distinct int
+  Ratio = distinct float
+  Enabled = distinct bool
+
+  State = enum
+    pending
+    complete
+
+  DistinctState = distinct State
+
+  DistinctModel = object
+    id: StringId
+    nestedId: NestedStringId
+    userId: UuidId
+    count: Count
+    ratio: Ratio
+    enabled: Enabled
+    state: DistinctState
+    optionalId: Option[StringId]
+    absentId: Option[StringId]
+    relatedIds: seq[StringId]
+    occurredAt: DateTime
+
+
+suite "distinct type row mapping":
+
+  test "parses each distinct type through its backing type":
+    let model = rowToModel(DistinctModel, @[
+      "item_123",
+      "nested_123",
+      "07e268ed-a3c1-4952-bc45-778b3000b76c",
+      "42",
+      "1.25",
+      "true",
+      "complete",
+      "optional_123",
+      "",
+      "{related_1,related_2}",
+      "2026-08-26 14:32:10.123457+00",
+    ])
+
+    check:
+      string(model.id) == "item_123"
+      string(StringId(model.nestedId)) == "nested_123"
+      UUID(model.userId) ==
+        parseUUID("07e268ed-a3c1-4952-bc45-778b3000b76c")
+      int(model.count) == 42
+      float(model.ratio) == 1.25
+      bool(model.enabled)
+      State(model.state) == complete
+      model.optionalId.isSome
+      string(model.optionalId.get) == "optional_123"
+      model.absentId.isNone
+      model.relatedIds.len == 2
+      string(model.relatedIds[0]) == "related_1"
+      string(model.relatedIds[1]) == "related_2"
+      model.occurredAt.nanosecond == 123_457_000
+
+  test "preserves backing-type parse failures":
+    expect ValueError:
+      discard rowToModel(DistinctModel, @[
+        "item_123",
+        "nested_123",
+        "not-a-uuid",
+        "42",
+        "1.25",
+        "true",
+        "complete",
+        "",
+        "",
+        "{}",
+        "2026-08-26 14:32:10+00",
+      ])