package main import ( "fmt" "log" "time" "gorm.io/driver/mysql" "gorm.io/gorm" ) type Student struct { ID int Fname string Lname string DateOfBirth time.Time Email string Address string Gender string } func main() { // refer https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql#dsn-data-source-name for details db, err := gorm.Open(mysql.Open("theuser:thepass@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/thedb?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=True&loc=Local")) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Println("Connected!") //initializing record to be inserted s := Student{ Fname: "Leon", Lname: "Ashling", DateOfBirth: time.Date(1994, time.August, 14, 23, 51, 42, 0, time.UTC), Email: "lashling5@senate.gov", Address: "39 Kipling Pass", Gender: "Male", } //adds student record and returns the ID into the ID field db.Create(&s) fmt.Printf("addSudent id: %v \n", s.ID) //selecting multiple record var students []Student db.Limit(10).Find(&students) fmt.Printf("fetchStudents count: %v \n", len(students)) }