dialect/sql/sqlscan: allow scanning values to embedded struct fields

dialect/sql/scan.go

@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ func assignable(typ reflect.Type) bool {
 func scanStruct(typ reflect.Type, columns []string) (*rowScan, error) {
 	var (
 		scan  = &rowScan{}
-		idx   = make([]int, 0, typ.NumField())
-		names = make(map[string]int, typ.NumField())
+		idxs  = make([][]int, 0, typ.NumField())
+		names = make(map[string][]int, typ.NumField())
 	)
 	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
 		f := typ.Field(i)
@@ -183,34 +183,55 @@ func scanStruct(typ reflect.Type, columns []string) (*rowScan, error) {
 		if f.PkgPath != "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		name := strings.ToLower(f.Name)
-		if tag, ok := f.Tag.Lookup("sql"); ok {
-			name = tag
-		} else if tag, ok := f.Tag.Lookup("json"); ok {
-			name = strings.Split(tag, ",")[0]
+		// Support 1-level embedding to accepts types as `type T struct {ent.T; V int}`.
+		if typ := f.Type; f.Anonymous && typ.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+			for j := 0; j < typ.NumField(); j++ {
+				names[columnName(typ.Field(j))] = []int{i, j}
+			}
+			continue
 		}
-		names[name] = i
+		names[columnName(f)] = []int{i}
 	}
 	for _, c := range columns {
 		// Normalize columns if necessary, for example: COUNT(*) => count.
 		name := strings.ToLower(strings.Split(c, "(")[0])
-		i, ok := names[name]
+		idx, ok := names[name]
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("sql/scan: missing struct field for column: %s (%s)", c, name)
 		}
-		idx = append(idx, i)
-		scan.columns = append(scan.columns, typ.Field(i).Type)
+		idxs = append(idxs, idx)
+		rtype := typ.Field(idx[0]).Type
+		if len(idx) > 1 {
+			rtype = rtype.Field(idx[1]).Type
+		}
+		scan.columns = append(scan.columns, rtype)
 	}
 	scan.value = func(vs ...interface{}) reflect.Value {
 		st := reflect.New(typ).Elem()
 		for i, v := range vs {
-			st.Field(idx[i]).Set(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(v)))
+			idx := idxs[i]
+			rvalue := st.Field(idx[0])
+			if len(idx) > 1 {
+				rvalue = rvalue.Field(idx[1])
+			}
+			rvalue.Set(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(v)))
 		}
 		return st
 	}
 	return scan, nil
 }
 
+// columnName returns the column name of a struct-field.
+func columnName(f reflect.StructField) string {
+	name := strings.ToLower(f.Name)
+	if tag, ok := f.Tag.Lookup("sql"); ok {
+		name = tag
+	} else if tag, ok := f.Tag.Lookup("json"); ok {
+		name = strings.Split(tag, ",")[0]
+	}
+	return name
+}
+
 // scanPtr wraps the underlying type with rowScan.
 func scanPtr(typ reflect.Type, columns []string) (*rowScan, error) {
 	typ = typ.Elem()

dialect/sql/scan_test.go

@@ -139,6 +139,22 @@ func TestScanSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Empty(t, pp)
 }
 
+func TestScanNestedStruct(t *testing.T) {
+	mock := sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "age"}).
+		AddRow("foo", 1).
+		AddRow("bar", 2)
+	type T struct{ Name string }
+	var v []struct {
+		T
+		Age int
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, ScanSlice(toRows(mock), &v))
+	require.Equal(t, "foo", v[0].Name)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, v[0].Age)
+	require.Equal(t, "bar", v[1].Name)
+	require.Equal(t, 2, v[1].Age)
+}
+
 func TestScanSlicePtr(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name"}).
 		AddRow("foo").