Database Queries
Common Prisma query patterns and optimization techniques including filtering, selecting, pagination, aggregation, sorting, raw SQL, and search.
What's Included#
- Basic queries (findUnique, findFirst, findMany)
- Filtering patterns (AND, OR, NOT, nested relation filters)
- Field selection with select and include for relations
- Offset and cursor-based pagination with total counts
- Aggregation functions (count, sum, avg, min, max, groupBy)
- Single and multi-field sorting, including relation ordering
- Raw SQL queries and executions with tagged templates
- Query optimization (select vs include, avoiding N+1 queries)
- Search patterns (case-insensitive, multi-field, full-text)
- Reusable query function pattern with composable options
Usage#
Via CLI#
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Via AI Assistant#
Ask your AI assistant:
- "Use the database queries pattern from Bootspring"
- "Apply the Bootspring query patterns to my project"
Key Considerations#
- Add @@index on frequently filtered and joined columns to improve performance
- Use select instead of include when you only need specific fields to reduce data transfer
- Avoid N+1 queries by using include or select with relations in a single query
- Prefer cursor-based pagination over offset for large datasets
- Enable query logging in development to identify slow queries
Related Patterns#
- Prisma - Prisma setup and basics
- Transactions - Transaction handling
- Full-Text Search - Search implementation