From cf7bf3e14ff4baddc264d99f890bf4cf529400b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pierre HUBERT <pierre.git@communiquons.org>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 09:36:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Can get a database instance

---
 src/helpers/database.rs | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/helpers/database.rs b/src/helpers/database.rs
index 43124d0..d69fb92 100644
--- a/src/helpers/database.rs
+++ b/src/helpers/database.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use std::error::Error;
-use std::sync::{Mutex, Arc};
-use crate::data::config::DatabaseConfig;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
 use mysql::Pool;
 
+use crate::data::config::DatabaseConfig;
+
 /// Database access helper
 ///
 /// @author Pierre Hubert
@@ -25,4 +27,16 @@ pub fn connect(conf: &DatabaseConfig) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     }
 
     Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Get a connection to the database
+pub fn get_connection() -> Result<mysql::PooledConn, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let pool: Pool;
+
+    unsafe {
+        let guard = POOL.as_ref().unwrap().lock();
+        pool = guard.unwrap().clone()
+    }
+
+    Ok(pool.get_conn()?)
 }
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