{"slug":"api-database-mysql","title":"api-database-mysql","summary":"Direct MySQL database access with mysql2 driver -- connection pools, prepared statements, transactions, streaming, typed queries, error handling","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-29T15:27:56.970276Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/agents-inc/skills","stars":24,"forks":8,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-07T17:50:55Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: api-database-mysql\ndescription: Direct MySQL database access with mysql2 driver -- connection pools, prepared statements, transactions, streaming, typed queries, error handling</h2>\n<h1>MySQL Patterns (mysql2)</h1>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Quick Guide:</strong> Use <strong>mysql2/promise</strong> for all new code -- it provides async/await support over the mysql2 callback API. Always use <code>createPool()</code> (never <code>createConnection()</code> in production) with <code>execute()</code> for parameterized queries (prepared statements, LRU-cached). Type query results with <code>RowDataPacket</code> generics for SELECTs and <code>ResultSetHeader</code> for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE. For transactions, acquire a dedicated connection with <code>pool.getConnection()</code>, wrap in try/finally to guarantee <code>connection.release()</code>. Never interpolate user input into SQL strings -- always use <code>?</code> placeholders. Handle <code>ER_DUP_ENTRY</code> and <code>ER_LOCK_DEADLOCK</code> explicitly in catch blocks.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>&lt;critical_requirements&gt;</p>\n<h2>CRITICAL: Before Using This Skill</h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>All code must follow project conventions in CLAUDE.md</strong> (kebab-case, named exports, import ordering, <code>import type</code>, named constants)</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><strong>(You MUST use <code>execute()</code> with <code>?</code> placeholders for ALL queries containing user input -- NEVER interpolate values into SQL strings with template literals or string concatenation)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>(You MUST use <code>pool.getConnection()</code> for transactions and release the connection in a <code>finally</code> block -- pool convenience methods (<code>pool.execute()</code>) use a different connection per call and cannot maintain transaction state)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>(You MUST always import from <code>mysql2/promise</code> for async/await code -- the base <code>mysql2</code> module returns callback-based objects that do not support <code>await</code>)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>(You MUST handle the pool <code>error</code> event -- unhandled connection errors crash the Node.js process)</strong></p>\n<p>&lt;/critical_requirements&gt;</p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Examples</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"examples/core.md\">Core Patterns</a> -- Pool setup, typed queries, prepared statements, connection lifecycle</li>\n<li><a href=\"examples/transactions.md\">Transactions</a> -- Manual transactions, savepoints, deadlock retry, nested operations</li>\n<li><a href=\"examples/streaming.md\">Streaming &amp; Batch</a> -- Streaming large result sets, batch inserts, multiple statements</li>\n<li><a href=\"examples/error-handling.md\">Error Handling</a> -- MySQL error codes, connection errors, retry strategies, graceful degradation</li>\n<li><a href=\"examples/configuration.md\">Configuration</a> -- SSL/TLS, named placeholders, pool tuning, monitoring events</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Additional resources:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"reference.md\">reference.md</a> -- Type cheat sheet, pool options, error codes, production checklist</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Auto-detection:</strong> MySQL, mysql2, mysql2/promise, createPool, createConnection, RowDataPacket, ResultSetHeader, execute, prepared statement, pool.getConnection, beginTransaction, commit, rollback, ER_DUP_ENTRY, ER_LOCK_DEADLOCK, connectionLimit, SHOW TABLES, mysqldump, InnoDB, MariaDB</p>\n<p><strong>When to use:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct SQL queries against MySQL or MariaDB databases</li>\n<li>Connection pool management for server applications</li>\n<li>Transactions requiring atomicity across multiple queries</li>\n<li>Streaming large result sets without loading all rows into memory</li>\n<li>Typed query results with TypeScript generics</li>\n<li>Batch inserts or multi-statement operations</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Key patterns covered:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pool creation with <code>mysql2/promise</code> and proper configuration</li>\n<li>Prepared statements via <code>execute()</code> with <code>?</code> placeholders</li>\n<li>TypeScript generics with <code>RowDataPacket</code> and <code>ResultSetHeader</code></li>\n<li>Transaction lifecycle: <code>getConnection</code> -&gt; <code>beginTransaction</code> -&gt; <code>commit</code>/<code>rollback</code> -&gt; <code>release</code></li>\n<li>Streaming with <code>connection.query().stream()</code> on the non-promise API</li>\n<li>Error handling for <code>ER_DUP_ENTRY</code>, <code>ER_LOCK_DEADLOCK</code>, connection failures</li>\n<li>Pool events (<code>acquire</code>, <code>release</code>, <code>enqueue</code>) for monitoring</li>\n<li>SSL/TLS and named placeholders configuration</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>When NOT to use:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>When your project already uses an ORM or query builder for MySQL -- use that tool's skill instead</li>\n<li>For in-memory caching or key-value storage (use a dedicated caching solution)</li>\n<li>For document databases or graph queries (wrong database type)</li>\n<li>For one-off CLI scripts where a single connection suffices and pool overhead is unnecessary</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n\n<hr>\n\n<hr>\n\n<hr>\n<p>&lt;decision_framework&gt;</p>\n<h2>Decision Framework</h2>\n<h3>Pool vs Connection</h3>\n<pre><code>What am I building?\n-- Production server handling concurrent requests? -&gt; createPool()\n-- One-off CLI script or migration? -&gt; createConnection() is acceptable\n-- Serverless function (Lambda, Vercel)? -&gt; createPool() with connectionLimit: 1\n</code></pre>\n<h3>execute() vs query()</h3>\n<pre><code>Does the SQL have user-provided parameters?\n-- YES -&gt; execute() with ? placeholders (ALWAYS)\n-- NO, but same SQL runs repeatedly? -&gt; execute() (benefits from LRU cache)\n-- NO, SQL text itself is dynamic? -&gt; query() (cannot prepare dynamic SQL)\n-- Need to stream results? -&gt; query().stream() on the callback API\n</code></pre>\n<h3>Pool method vs getConnection()</h3>\n<pre><code>Is this a single query?\n-- YES -&gt; pool.execute() or pool.query() (auto-acquires and releases)\n-- NO, multiple queries needing same connection? -&gt; pool.getConnection()\n-- Transaction? -&gt; pool.getConnection() (REQUIRED)\n</code></pre>\n<h3>Error Handling Strategy</h3>\n<pre><code>What MySQL error did I get?\n-- ER_DUP_ENTRY (1062) -&gt; Handle as business logic (return conflict, not throw)\n-- ER_LOCK_DEADLOCK (1213) -&gt; Retry the entire transaction (MySQL rolled it back)\n-- ER_LOCK_WAIT_TIMEOUT (1205) -&gt; Retry or fail with timeout message\n-- ECONNREFUSED / PROTOCOL_CONNECTION_LOST -&gt; Connection issue, pool will reconnect\n-- ER_ACCESS_DENIED_ERROR (1045) -&gt; Configuration error, fail fast\n</code></pre>\n<p>&lt;/decision_framework&gt;</p>\n<hr>\n<p>&lt;red_flags&gt;</p>\n<h2>RED FLAGS</h2>\n<p><strong>High Priority Issues:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interpolating user input into SQL strings (<code>\\</code>SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = $``) -- SQL injection vulnerability, always use <code>?</code>placeholders with<code>execute()</code></li>\n<li>Using <code>pool.execute()</code> or <code>pool.query()</code> for transactions -- each call may use a different connection, breaking transaction isolation; use <code>pool.getConnection()</code></li>\n<li>Importing from <code>mysql2</code> instead of <code>mysql2/promise</code> for async/await code -- the base module returns callback-based objects, <code>await</code> will not work as expected</li>\n<li>Not releasing connections acquired with <code>pool.getConnection()</code> -- connection leak exhausts the pool; always release in a <code>finally</code> block</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Medium Priority Issues:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using <code>query()</code> instead of <code>execute()</code> for parameterized queries -- misses prepared statement caching and binary protocol efficiency</li>\n<li>Missing pool <code>error</code> event handler -- unhandled connection errors crash the Node.js process</li>\n<li>Setting <code>connectionLimit</code> too high -- each MySQL connection uses ~10 MB of server memory; 10-20 is usually sufficient</li>\n<li>Not setting <code>enableKeepAlive: true</code> -- idle connections get dropped by firewalls/load balancers causing <code>ECONNRESET</code></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Common Mistakes:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expecting <code>pool.end()</code> to wait for active queries -- it immediately destroys all connections; drain queries first</li>\n<li>Using <code>rows.length</code> to check if an UPDATE affected rows -- use <code>result.affectedRows</code> from <code>ResultSetHeader</code> instead</li>\n<li>Assuming <code>insertId</code> is always the auto-increment value -- for <code>INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE</code>, <code>insertId</code> is <code>0</code> if the existing row was updated, not inserted</li>\n<li>Calling <code>connection.release()</code> after <code>connection.destroy()</code> -- destroy removes the connection from the pool entirely; release returns it</li>\n<li>Treating <code>null</code> and <code>undefined</code> as interchangeable in parameter arrays -- mysql2 converts <code>null</code> to SQL <code>NULL</code> but <code>undefined</code> causes a protocol error</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Gotchas &amp; Edge Cases:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>DECIMAL</code> and <code>BIGINT</code> columns are returned as strings by default to avoid JavaScript floating-point precision loss -- parse explicitly if you need numbers</li>\n<li><code>DATE</code> columns return JavaScript <code>Date</code> objects, but <code>DATETIME</code> precision beyond milliseconds is truncated -- MySQL supports microsecond precision, JavaScript <code>Date</code> does not</li>\n<li><code>execute()</code> with named placeholders requires <code>namedPlaceholders: true</code> on the pool/connection config -- the default is unnamed <code>?</code> only</li>\n<li><code>multipleStatements: true</code> is a security risk -- it enables SQL injection via <code>;</code> in user input if combined with <code>query()</code>; only enable when needed and never with user-provided SQL</li>\n<li>Pool <code>waitForConnections: false</code> throws immediately when all connections are in use instead of queuing -- the default <code>true</code> is almost always what you want</li>\n<li><code>ResultSetHeader.warningStatus</code> indicates server warnings -- check it after DDL operations (the deprecated <code>OkPacket</code> type had a separate <code>warningCount</code> field; <code>ResultSetHeader</code> has always used <code>warningStatus</code>)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&lt;/red_flags&gt;</p>\n<hr>\n<p>&lt;critical_reminders&gt;</p>\n<h2>CRITICAL REMINDERS</h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>All code must follow project conventions in CLAUDE.md</strong> (kebab-case, named exports, import ordering, <code>import type</code>, named constants)</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><strong>(You MUST use <code>execute()</code> with <code>?</code> placeholders for ALL queries containing user input -- NEVER interpolate values into SQL strings with template literals or string concatenation)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>(You MUST use <code>pool.getConnection()</code> for transactions and release the connection in a <code>finally</code> block -- pool convenience methods (<code>pool.execute()</code>) use a different connection per call and cannot maintain transaction state)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>(You MUST always import from <code>mysql2/promise</code> for async/await code -- the base <code>mysql2</code> module returns callback-based objects that do not support <code>await</code>)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>(You MUST handle the pool <code>error</code> event -- unhandled connection errors crash the Node.js process)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Failure to follow these rules will cause SQL injection vulnerabilities, transaction corruption, connection pool exhaustion, and application crashes.</strong></p>\n<p>&lt;/critical_reminders&gt;</p>\n","files":[{"path":"examples/configuration.md","sizeBytes":8731,"isText":true},{"path":"examples/core.md","sizeBytes":7262,"isText":true},{"path":"examples/error-handling.md","sizeBytes":6876,"isText":true},{"path":"examples/streaming.md","sizeBytes":7925,"isText":true},{"path":"examples/transactions.md","sizeBytes":9012,"isText":true},{"path":"reference.md","sizeBytes":10052,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":18451,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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