Introduce DB#InsertObtainID() function

database/contracts.go

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package database
 
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+)
+
 // Entity is implemented by each type that works with the database package.
 type Entity interface {
 	Fingerprinter
@@ -54,3 +59,10 @@ type PgsqlOnConflictConstrainter interface {
 	// PgsqlOnConflictConstraint returns the primary or unique key constraint name of the PostgreSQL table.
 	PgsqlOnConflictConstraint() string
 }
+
+// TxOrDB is just a helper interface that can represent a *[sqlx.Tx] or *[DB] instance.
+type TxOrDB interface {
+	sqlx.ExtContext
+
+	PrepareNamedContext(ctx context.Context, query string) (*sqlx.NamedStmt, error)
+}

database/db.go

@@ -836,3 +836,9 @@ func (db *DB) Log(ctx context.Context, query string, counter *com.Counter) perio
 		db.logger.Debugf("Finished executing %q with %d rows in %s", query, counter.Total(), tick.Elapsed)
 	}))
 }
+
+var (
+	// Assert TxOrDB interface compliance of the DB and sqlx.Tx types.
+	_ TxOrDB = (*DB)(nil)
+	_ TxOrDB = (*sqlx.Tx)(nil)
+)

database/utils.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/icinga/icinga-go-library/com"
 	"github.com/icinga/icinga-go-library/strcase"
 	"github.com/icinga/icinga-go-library/types"
+	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -44,6 +45,42 @@ func SplitOnDupId[T IDer]() com.BulkChunkSplitPolicy[T] {
 	}
 }
 
+// InsertObtainID executes the given query and fetches the last inserted ID.
+//
+// Using this method for database tables that don't define an auto-incrementing ID, or none at all,
+// will not work. The only supported column that can be retrieved with this method is id.
+//
+// This function expects [TxOrDB] as an executor of the provided query, and is usually a *[sqlx.Tx] or *[DB] instance.
+//
+// Returns the retrieved ID on success and error on any database inserting/retrieving failure.
+func InsertObtainID(ctx context.Context, conn TxOrDB, stmt string, arg any) (int64, error) {
+	var resultID int64
+	switch conn.DriverName() {
+	case PostgreSQL:
+		stmt = stmt + " RETURNING id"
+		query, args, err := conn.BindNamed(stmt, arg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "can't bind named query %q", stmt)
+		}
+
+		if err := sqlx.GetContext(ctx, conn, &resultID, query, args...); err != nil {
+			return 0, CantPerformQuery(err, query)
+		}
+	default:
+		result, err := sqlx.NamedExecContext(ctx, conn, stmt, arg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, CantPerformQuery(err, stmt)
+		}
+
+		resultID, err = result.LastInsertId()
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, errors.Wrap(err, "can't retrieve last inserted ID")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return resultID, nil
+}
+
 // unsafeSetSessionVariableIfExists sets the given MySQL/MariaDB system variable for the specified database session.
 //
 // NOTE: It is unsafe to use this function with untrusted/user supplied inputs and poses an SQL injection,

database/utils_test.go

@@ -16,7 +16,48 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func TestSetMysqlSessionVars(t *testing.T) {
+func TestDatabaseUtils(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	db := GetTestDB(ctx, t, "ICINGAGOLIBRARY")
+
+	t.Run("SetMySQLSessionVars", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		if db.DriverName() != MySQL {
+			t.Skipf("skipping set session vars test for %q driver", db.DriverName())
+		}
+
+		setMysqlSessionVars(ctx, db, t)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("InsertObtainID", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		defer func() {
+			_, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS igl_test_insert_obtain")
+			assert.NoError(t, err, "dropping test database table should not fail")
+		}()
+
+		var err error
+		if db.DriverName() == PostgreSQL {
+			_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "CREATE TABLE igl_test_insert_obtain (id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(255))")
+		} else {
+			_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "CREATE TABLE igl_test_insert_obtain (id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(255))")
+		}
+		require.NoError(t, err, "creating test database table should not fail")
+
+		id, err := InsertObtainID(ctx, db, "INSERT INTO igl_test_insert_obtain (name) VALUES (:name)", map[string]any{"name": "test1"})
+		require.NoError(t, err, "inserting new row into test database table should not fail")
+		assert.Equal(t, id, int64(1))
+
+		id, err = InsertObtainID(ctx, db, "INSERT INTO igl_test_insert_obtain (name) VALUES (:name)", map[string]any{"name": "test2"})
+		require.NoError(t, err, "inserting new row into test database table should not fail")
+		assert.Equal(t, id, int64(2))
+	})
+}
+
+func setMysqlSessionVars(ctx context.Context, db *DB, t *testing.T) {
 	vars := map[string][]struct {
 		name   string
 		value  string
@@ -45,14 +86,10 @@ func TestSetMysqlSessionVars(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	db := GetTestDB(ctx, t, "ICINGAGOLIBRARY")
-	if db.DriverName() != MySQL {
-		t.Skipf("skipping set session vars test for %q driver", db.DriverName())
-	}
-
 	for name, vs := range vars {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
 			for _, v := range vs {
 				conn, err := db.DB.Conn(ctx)
 				require.NoError(t, err, "connecting to MySQL/MariaDB database should not fail")