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# named-placeholders

compiles "select foo where foo.id = :bar and foo.baz < :baz" into "select foo where foo.id = ? and foo.baz < ?" + ["bar", "baz"]

## usage

```sh
npm install named-placeholders
```

see [this mysql2 discussion](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/117)

```js
var mysql = require('mysql');
var toUnnamed = require('named-placeholders')();

var q = toUnnamed('select 1+:test', { test: 123});
mysql.createConnection().query(q[0], q[1]);
```

## credits

parser is based on @mscdex code of his excellent [node-mariasql](https://github.com/mscdex/node-mariasql) library