Merge pull request #14 from sudomonikers/convert-dates-to-strings

add ability to not auto cast returns to their javascript type, and al…

Author: mkmurali

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Wrapper utility to easily manage multiple data sources and pooled connections.
 
 ## Error Returns
 
-By default, all errors occurring during a query are returned. If you want to be extra-safe in a production environment, you can set `HIDE_DB_ERRORS` value on the root `config` passed to the connector on initialization. When you do this, all errors will be logged, but none returned when a query error occurs. 
+By default, all errors occurring during a query are returned. If you want to be extra-safe in a production environment, you can set `HIDE_DB_ERRORS` value on the root `config` passed to the connector on initialization. When you do this, all errors will be logged, but none returned when a query error occurs.
 
 ## SSL Settings
 
@@ -24,4 +24,10 @@ By default, when specifying an SSL object, the mysql connector will reject unaut
 SSL: {
   REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED: false // not recommended
 }
-```
+```
+
+#Data Typing Options
+
+This connector gives you a few options for configuring how data is returned from the connector. 'typeCast' defaults to true, and converts
+data from the database to its javascript equivalent. For example, it will convert DATETIME SQL objects to a DATE javascript type.
+You can also set 'dateStrings' which defaults to false. If you set it to true it will override typeCast and force date returns to be a string instead of a DATE type.

index.js

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ exports.createPool = async (poolName) => {
         port: srcCfg.PORT,
         multipleStatements: srcCfg.ALLOW_MULTI_STATEMENTS || false,
         timezone: srcCfg.TIMEZONE || 'local',
+        typeCast: srcCfg.TYPE_CAST || true,
+        dateStrings: srcCfg.DATE_STRINGS || false
       };
 
       if (srcCfg.SSL) {