package main import ( "fmt" "regexp" ) var namePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^[[:alpha:]][[:alnum:]-_]{0,19}$`) func ValidName(name string) bool { return namePattern.MatchString(name) } type Player struct { id int name string } func (p *Player) Create() error { _, err := db.Exec(` insert into players (name) values (?) ;`, p.name) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("unable to create player: %v", err) } return nil } func playersTable() { stmnt := `create table if not exists players ( id integer not null primary key autoincrement, name text unique );` if _, err := db.Exec(stmnt); err != nil { log_error("couldn't create player table: %v", err) } } func loadPlayer(name string) (*Player, error) { row := db.QueryRow(`select * from players where name = ?`, name) var p Player if err := row.Scan(&p.id, &p.name); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to fetch player from database: %v", err) } return &p, nil }