"sql: no rows in result set"

Question

I am handling user auth data posted to my Go backend through an HTML form. I am building on some boilerplate to learn Go better.

My problem is what the following func returns:

func (ctrl UserController) Signin(c *gin.Context) {

  var signinForm forms.SigninForm
  user, err := userModel.Signin(signinForm)

  if err := c.ShouldBindWith(&signinForm, binding.Form); err != nil {
      c.JSON(406, gin.H{"message": "Invalid signin form", "form": signinForm})
      c.Abort()
      return
  }

    if err == nil {
        session := sessions.Default(c)
        session.Set("user_id", user.ID)
        session.Set("user_email", user.Email)
        session.Set("user_name", user.Name)
        session.Save()

        c.JSON(200, gin.H{"message": "User signed in", "user": user})
    } else {
        c.JSON(406, gin.H{"message": "Invalid signin details", "error": err.Error()})
    }

}

The first if statement validates the input, and that works fine (error if the email isn't in proper email format, no error if it is). However, if input is properly validated, the else clause of the second statement is triggered, and the following JSON is returned:

{
error: "sql: no rows in result set",
message: "Invalid signin details"
}

It is probably useful to also post the relevant code in my User model:

//User ...
type User struct {
    ID        int    `db:"id, primarykey, autoincrement" json:"id"`
    Email     string `db:"email" json:"email"`
    Password  string `db:"password" json:"-"`
    Name      string `db:"name" json:"name"`
    UpdatedAt int64  `db:"updated_at" json:"updated_at"`
    CreatedAt int64  `db:"created_at" json:"created_at"`
}

//UserModel ...
type UserModel struct{}

//Signin ...
func (m UserModel) Signin(form forms.SigninForm) (user User, err error) {

    err = db.GetDB().SelectOne(&user, "SELECT id, email, password, name, updated_at, created_at FROM public.user WHERE email=LOWER($1) LIMIT 1", form.Email)

    if err != nil {
        return user, err
    }

    bytePassword := []byte(form.Password)
    byteHashedPassword := []byte(user.Password)

    err = bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword(byteHashedPassword, bytePassword)

    if err != nil {
        return user, errors.New("Invalid password")
    }

    return user, nil
}

How do I resolve the sql: no rows in result set error?

Answer 1

You should change the order of operations in your code. At first you need to get data from request with if err := c.ShouldBindWith(&signinForm, binding.Form); err != nil { and after that you need to try get data from database with user, err := userModel.Signin(signinForm)