Isn

Isn adds a Postgrex.Extension and Ecto.Type definitions for the datatypes defined in the isn PostgreSQL module.

Usage

1. Add the package to your Mixfile:

   defp deps do
   [{:isn, "~> 0.1"}]
   end
   

2. Add the isn extension to your database

   {:ok, pid} = Postgrex.Connection.start_link(
   hostname: "localhost",
   database: "isn_test"
   )
   Postgrex.Connection.query!(pid, "CREATE EXTENSION isn;", [])
   

3. Register the postgrex extension

   Postgrex.Connection.start_link(
   database: "isn_test",
   extensions: [{Isn, {}}])
   

4. Start using all of the isn goodness in your project.

Examples

Here are a few small snippets for how to use these types in various contexts. I have extracted these snippets from a phoenix project, so if you want to use them in something else, you might have to modify them a bit.

Ecto migrations

defmodule MyApp.Repo.Migrations.CreateBook do
  use Ecto.Migration

  def change do
    create table(:books) do
      add :isbn, :isbn13
      # other fields
    end
  end
end

Ecto Models

defmodule MyApp.Book do
  use MyApp.Web, :model

  schema "books" do
    field :isbn, Isn.ISBN13
    # other fields
  end
end

Defined types

Isn adds the following ecto and corresponding postgrex types:

Ecto.Type	Postgrex type
Isn.ISBN	:isbn
Isn.ISBN13	:isbn13
Isn.ISMN	:ismn
Isn.ISMN13	:ismn13
Isn.ISSN	:issn
Isn.ISSN13	:issn13
Isn.EAN13	:ean13
Isn.UPC	:upc