Category: ecto

Using Ecto.Multi To Group Database Operations

January 08, 2017 7 minutes read

Have you ever had a situation in which you had multiple database calls that relied on the success of the previous call? Normally it would be a pain to check each database success/failure status and then continue on in the chain. This can lead to many nested statement...

Connecting to Multiple Databases with Ecto

July 26, 2016 3 minutes read

Now that we’ve explored some simple Ecto setups, let’s get a little bit exotic. Did you know that you can set up your application in such a way that you can connect to multiple databases with Ecto? Ecto actually makes it super simple to do so. Let’s take a look.

Using Ecto With an Existing MySQL Database

June 29, 2016 6 minutes read

There was some great feedback from people regarding my post on getting Ecto in your non-Phoenix application (From Zero to Ecto in 10 Minutes). One of the questions I got was about using Ecto with existing databases. While using Ecto with a new database is a great way...

Using mix to Easily Create an Ecto Repo

June 08, 2016 4 minutes read

After reading my post From Zero to Ecto in 10 Minutes, @michalmuskala responded to me on Twitter with an excellent suggestion:

From Zero to Ecto in 10 Minutes

May 30, 2016 9 minutes read

In my last post, Using Ecto For Formula 1 Standings, I showed you how you can compose Ecto Queries — building them up as you go along. The examples used were taken from a fantasy Formula 1 web application I am building in Elixir and the Phoenix framework. After getti...

Using Ecto For Formula 1 Standings

May 04, 2016 9 minutes read

I am a huge fan of Formula 1 racing (my favorite driver is Felipe Massa). My brother, father, and I even participate in our own version of a fantasy Formula 1 league. I wrote a Ruby on Rails app a few years ago to handle all the bookkeeping of the league including tr...