--- title: A tale of TimescaleDB, SQLx and testing in Rust | daily.dev description: This post explores the author's experience with using TimescaleDB, SQLx, and testing in Rust. The author discusses the features of TimescaleDB, the use of SQLx... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-tale-of-timescaledb-sqlx-and-testing-in-rust-rj4po8xne twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A tale of TimescaleDB, SQLx and testing in Rust | daily.dev og:description: This post explores the author's experience with using TimescaleDB, SQLx, and testing in Rust. The author discusses the features of TimescaleDB, the use of SQLx... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-tale-of-timescaledb-sqlx-and-testing-in-rust-rj4po8xne og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RJ4po8XNe.png og:image:alt: A tale of TimescaleDB, SQLx and testing in Rust og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A tale of TimescaleDB, SQLx and testing in Rust **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 19 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post explores the author's experience with using TimescaleDB, SQLx, and testing in Rust. The author discusses the features of TimescaleDB, the use of SQLx for interfacing with the database, and the challenges faced when testing parts of the system that use a live database. The author also describes their use of wrapper proc macros and their attempts to mitigate deadlock issues. Overall, the author aims to provide insights and solutions for others facing similar challenges. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#timescaledb](https://daily.dev/tags/timescaledb) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-tale-of-timescaledb-sqlx-and-testing-in-rust-rj4po8xne) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A tale of TimescaleDB, SQLx and testing in Rust","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-tale-of-timescaledb-sqlx-and-testing-in-rust-rj4po8xne","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-tale-of-timescaledb-sqlx-and-testing-in-rust-rj4po8xne"},"datePublished":"2024-05-02T14:19:01.418Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z","description":"This post explores the author's experience with using TimescaleDB, SQLx, and testing in Rust. The author discusses the features of TimescaleDB, the use of SQLx...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fcbd23d7dac3ff48a4f28be2b4ed128d?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fcbd23d7dac3ff48a4f28be2b4ed128d?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-tale-of-timescaledb-sqlx-and-testing-in-rust-rj4po8xne","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"testing,database,rust,timescaledb","timeRequired":"PT19M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A tale of TimescaleDB, SQLx and testing in Rust"}]} ```