Rust Programming Cookbook

How it works...

diesel-rs is Rust's most well-known database connection framework and provides a fast, type-safe, and easy-to-use experience with mapping database tables. This is, again, possible thanks to the power of macros, which enable the creation of zero-cost abstractions at compile time. However, there is a trade-off for a few things and it's important to learn how to use the framework.

SQLite does not have a very rigid type system. This is why we get away with using a generic type for strings called text. Other databases may have more nuanced types. Check out SQLite3 types (https://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html) for more information.

In step 1, we are preparing the imports—nothing too interesting but you'll notice the declaration ...