Question

In our Java project we have started to use jooq for query building instead of plain SQL strings. The library is awesome, but I have a question (since I am jooq-newbie): Is it possible to create database using jooq, but WITHOUT PROJECT INCLUDED jooq mapping/generator?

Answer 1

There is a lot that you can do with jOOQ without relying on its code generator. The getting started guide from the manual mentions some examples:

http://www.jooq.org/doc/2.6/manual/getting-started/use-cases/jooq-as-a-standalone-sql-builder/

For instance:

String sql = create.select(
                      fieldByName("BOOK","TITLE"), 
                      fieldByName("AUTHOR","FIRST_NAME"), 
                      fieldByName("AUTHOR","LAST_NAME"))
                   .from(tableByName("BOOK"))
                   .join(tableByName("AUTHOR"))
                   .on(fieldByName("BOOK", "AUTHOR_ID").equal("AUTHOR", "ID"))
                   .where(fieldByName("BOOK", "PUBLISHED_IN").equal(1948))
                   .getSQL();

It also references to the manual’s section about using jOOQ for “plain SQL”:

http://www.jooq.org/doc/2.6/manual/sql-building/plain-sql/

Of course, you can still use the code generator to generate meta information for your schema. This doesn’t mean that you will have to add a runtime dependency on the generator, as the generator is only used at compile-time