stabilize-orm 1.3.9 → 2.1.0

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-# Stabilize ORM
-
-_A Modern, Type-Safe, and Expressive ORM for Bun_
-<p align="left">
-  <img src="./public/logo_both-transparent.png" alt="Stabilize ORM Logo" width="280" />
-</p>
-
-<p align="left">
-  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/stabilize-orm"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/stabilize-orm.svg?label=version&color=blue" alt="NPM Version"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-cli/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/l/stabilize-orm.svg?color=green" alt="License"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-cli"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Cli-Stabilize%201.2.0-blue.svg" alt="Stabilize CLI"></a>
-  <a href="#"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/PostgreSQL-supported-blue" alt="PostgreSQL"></a>
-  <a href="#"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/MySQL-supported-blue" alt="MySQL"></a>
-  <a href="#"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/SQLite-supported-blue" alt="SQLite"></a>
-<a href="https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-orm/actions/workflows/ci-cd.yml">
-  <img src="https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-orm/actions/workflows/ci-cd.yml/badge.svg" alt="Build Status">
-</a>
-  <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green.svg" alt="MIT License"></a>
-</p>
-
-
-**Stabilize** is a lightweight, feature-rich ORM designed for performance and developer experience. It provides a unified, database-agnostic API for **PostgreSQL**, **MySQL**, and **SQLite**. Powered by a robust query builder, programmatic model definitions, automatic versioning, and a full-featured command-line interface, Stabilize is built to scale with your app.
-
----
-
-## 🚀 Features
-
-- **Unified API**: Write once, run on PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQLite.
-- **Programmatic Model Definitions**: Define models and columns using the `defineModel` API with the `DataTypes` enum for database-agnostic schemas.
-- **Full-Featured CLI**: Generate models, manage migrations, seed data, and reset your database from the command line with [stabilize-cli](https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-cli).
-- **Automatic Migrations**: Generate database-specific SQL schemas directly from your model definitions.
-- **Versioned Models & Time-Travel**: Enable versioning in your model configuration for automatic history tables and snapshot queries.
-- **Retry Logic**: Automatic exponential backoff for database queries to handle transient connection issues.
-- **Connection Pooling**: Efficient connection management for PostgreSQL and MySQL.
-- **Transactional Integrity**: Built-in support for atomic transactions with automatic rollback on failure.
-- **Advanced Query Builder**: Fluent, chainable API for building complex queries, including joins, filters, ordering, and pagination.
-- **Model Relationships**: Define `OneToOne`, `ManyToOne`, `OneToMany`, and `ManyToMany` relationships in the model configuration.
-- **Soft Deletes**: Enable soft deletes in the model configuration for transparent "deleted" flags and safe row removal.
-- **Lifecycle Hooks**: Define hooks in the model configuration or as class methods for lifecycle events like `beforeCreate`, `afterUpdate`, etc.
-- **Pluggable Logging**: Includes a robust `StabilizeLogger` with support for file-based, rotating logs.
-- **Custom Errors**: `StabilizeError` provides clear, consistent error handling.
-- **Caching Layer**: Optional Redis-backed caching with `cache-aside` and `write-through` strategies.
-- **Custom Query Scopes**: Define reusable query conditions (scopes) in models for simplified, reusable filtering logic.
-- **Timestamps**: Automatically manage `createdAt` and `updatedAt` columns for tracking record creation and update times.
-
----
-
-## 📦 Installation
-
-Stabilize ORM requires a modern JavaScript runtime (Bun v1.3+).
-
-```bash
-# Using Bun
-bun add stabilize-orm
-
-# Using npm
-npm install stabilize-orm
-```
-
----
-
-## 📃 Documentation & Community
-
-- [Changelog](./CHANGELOG.md)
-- [License](./LICENSE.md)
-- [Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
-- [Contributing Guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md)
-- [Security Policy](./SECURITY.md)
-- [Support](./SUPPORT.md)
-- [Funding](./FUNDING.md)
-
----
-
-## ⚙️ Configuration
-
-Create a database configuration file.
-
-```typescript
-// config/database.ts
-import { DBType, type DBConfig } from "stabilize-orm";
-
-const dbConfig: DBConfig = {
-  type: DBType.Postgres,
-  connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL || "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/mydb",
-  retryAttempts: 3,
-  retryDelay: 1000,
-};
-
-export default dbConfig;
-```
-
-Next, create a central ORM instance for your application.
-
-```typescript
-// db.ts
-import { Stabilize, type CacheConfig, type LoggerConfig, LogLevel } from "stabilize-orm";
-import dbConfig from "./database";
-
-const cacheConfig: CacheConfig = {
-  enabled: process.env.CACHE_ENABLED === "true",
-  redisUrl: process.env.REDIS_URL,
-  ttl: 60,
-};
-
-const loggerConfig: LoggerConfig = {
-  level: LogLevel.Info,
-  filePath: "logs/stabilize.log",
-  maxFileSize: 5 * 1024 * 1024, // 5MB
-  maxFiles: 3,
-};
-
-export const orm = new Stabilize(dbConfig, cacheConfig, loggerConfig);
-```
-
----
-
-## 🏗️ Models & Relationships
-
-Define your tables as classes using the `defineModel` function. The `DataTypes` enum ensures database-agnostic schemas.
-
-### Example: Users and Roles (Many-to-Many) with Versioning
-
-```typescript
-// models/User.ts
-import { defineModel, DataTypes, RelationType } from "stabilize-orm";
-import { UserRole } from "./UserRole";
-
-const User = defineModel({
-  tableName: "users",
-  versioned: true,
-  columns: {
-    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
-    email: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100, required: true, unique: true },
-  },
-  relations: [
-    {
-      type: RelationType.OneToMany,
-      target: () => UserRole,
-      property: "roles",
-      foreignKey: "userId",
-    },
-  ],
-  hooks: {
-    beforeCreate: (entity) => console.log(`Creating user: ${entity.email}`),
-  },
-});
-
-// Add a hook as a class method
-User.prototype.afterCreate = async function () {
-  console.log(`Created user with ID: ${this.id}`);
-};
-
-export { User };
-```
-
-```typescript
-// models/Role.ts
-import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
-
-const Role = defineModel({
-  tableName: "roles",
-  columns: {
-    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
-    name: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 50, required: true, unique: true },
-  },
-});
-
-export { Role };
-```
-
-```typescript
-// models/UserRole.ts
-import { defineModel, DataTypes, RelationType } from "stabilize-orm";
-import { User } from "./User";
-import { Role } from "./Role";
-
-const UserRole = defineModel({
-  tableName: "user_roles",
-  columns: {
-    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
-    userId: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true, index: "idx_user_id" },
-    roleId: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true, index: "idx_role_id" },
-  },
-  relations: [
-    {
-      type: RelationType.ManyToOne,
-      target: () => User,
-      property: "user",
-      foreignKey: "userId",
-    },
-    {
-      type: RelationType.ManyToOne,
-      target: () => Role,
-      property: "role",
-      foreignKey: "roleId",
-    },
-  ],
-});
-
-export { UserRole };
-```
-
----
-
-## ⏳ Versioning & Auditing
-
-Enable automatic history tracking and time-travel queries by setting `versioned: true` in your model configuration.
-
-- Each change is recorded in a `<table>_history` table with version, operation, and audit columns.
-- Supports snapshot queries, rollbacks, audits, and time-travel.
-
-### **Versioning Example**
-
-```typescript
-import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
-
-const User = defineModel({
-  tableName: "users",
-  versioned: true,
-  columns: {
-    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
-    name: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100 },
-  },
-});
-
-// --- Using versioning features:
-
-const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
-
-// Rollback to a previous version
-await userRepository.rollback(1, 3); // roll back user with id=1 to version 3
-
-// Get a snapshot as of a specific date
-const userAsOf = await userRepository.asOf(1, new Date("2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"));
-console.log(userAsOf);
-
-// View full version history
-const history = await userRepository.history(1);
-console.log(history);
-```
-
----
-
-## 🔄 Model Lifecycle Hooks
-
-Stabilize ORM supports lifecycle hooks defined in the model configuration or as class methods. You can run logic before/after create, update, delete, or save.
-
-### **Hooks Example**
-
-```typescript
-import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
-
-const User = defineModel({
-  tableName: "users",
-  columns: {
-    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
-    name: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100 },
-    createdAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
-    updatedAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
-  },
-  hooks: {
-    beforeCreate: (entity) => {
-      entity.createdAt = new Date();
-    },
-    beforeUpdate: (entity) => {
-      entity.updatedAt = new Date();
-    },
-    afterCreate: (entity) => {
-      console.log(`User created: ${entity.name}`);
-    },
-  },
-});
-
-// Add a hook as a class method
-User.prototype.afterUpdate = async function () {
-  console.log(`Updated user: ${this.name}`);
-};
-
-export { User };
-```
-
-Supported hooks: `beforeCreate`, `afterCreate`, `beforeUpdate`, `afterUpdate`, `beforeDelete`, `afterDelete`, `beforeSave`, `afterSave`.
-
----
-
-## 💻 Command-Line Interface (CLI)
-
-Stabilize includes a powerful CLI for managing your workflow. See: [stabilize-cli on GitHub](https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-cli)
-
-### Generating Files
-
-- **Generate a model**:
-    ```bash
-    stabilize-cli generate model Product
-    ```
-
-- **Generate a migration from a model**:
-    ```bash
-    stabilize-cli generate migration User
-    ```
-
-- **Generate a seed file**:
-    ```bash
-    stabilize-cli generate seed InitialRoles
-    ```
-
-### Database & Migration Management
-
-- **Run all pending migrations**:
-    ```bash
-    stabilize-cli migrate
-    ```
-
-- **Roll back the last migration**:
-    ```bash
-    stabilize-cli migrate:rollback
-    ```
-
-- **Run all pending seeds (in dependency order)**:
-    ```bash
-    stabilize-cli seed
-    ```
-
-- **Check the status of migrations and seeds**:
-    ```bash
-    stabilize-cli status
-    ```
-
-- **Reset the database (drop, migrate, seed)**:
-    ```bash
-    stabilize-cli db:reset
-    ```
-
----
-
-## 🧑‍💻 Querying Data
-
-### Basic CRUD with Repositories
-
-```typescript
-import { orm } from "./db";
-import { User } from "./models/User";
-
-const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
-
-const newUser = await userRepository.create({ email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" });
-const foundUser = await userRepository.findOne(newUser.id);
-const updatedUser = await userRepository.update(newUser.id, { email: "admin@offbytesecure.com" });
-await userRepository.delete(newUser.id);
-```
-
-### Advanced Queries with the Query Builder
-
-```typescript
-const activeAdmins = await orm
-  .getRepository(UserRole)
-  .find()
-  .join("users", "user_roles.user_id = users.id")
-  .join("roles", "user_roles.role_id = roles.id")
-  .select("users.id", "users.email", "roles.name as role_name")
-  .where("roles.name = ?", "Admin")
-  .orderBy("users.email ASC")
-  .execute();
-
-console.log(activeAdmins);
-```
-
-#### Query Builder API
-
-```typescript
-{
-  select(...fields: string[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
-  where(condition: string, ...params: any[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
-  join(table: string, condition: string): QueryBuilder<User>;
-  orderBy(clause: string): QueryBuilder<User>;
-  limit(limit: number): QueryBuilder<User>;
-  offset(offset: number): QueryBuilder<User>;
-  scope(name: string, ...args: any[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
-  build(): { query: string; params: any[] };
-  execute(client?: DBClient, cache?: Cache, cacheKey?: string): Promise<User[]>;
-}
-```
-
-### Custom Query Scopes
-
-Define reusable query conditions (scopes) in your model configuration to simplify and reuse common filtering logic. Scopes are applied via the `scope` method on `Repository` or `QueryBuilder`, allowing you to chain them with other query operations.
-
-#### **Scopes Example**
-
-```typescript
-import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
-import { orm } from "./db";
-
-const User = defineModel({
-  tableName: "users",
-  columns: {
-    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
-    email: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100, required: true },
-    isActive: { type: DataTypes.Boolean, required: true },
-    createdAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
-    updatedAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
-  },
-  scopes: {
-    active: (qb) => qb.where("isActive = ?", true),
-    recent: (qb, days: number) => qb.where("createdAt >= ?", new Date(Date.now() - days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)),
-  },
-});
-
-const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
-
-// Fetch active users
-const activeUsers = await userRepository.scope("active").execute();
-
-// Fetch users created in the last 7 days
-const recentUsers = await userRepository.scope("recent", 7).execute();
-
-// Combine scopes with other query operations
-const recentActiveUsers = await userRepository
-  .scope("active")
-  .scope("recent", 7)
-  .orderBy("createdAt DESC")
-  .limit(10)
-  .execute();
-
-console.log(recentActiveUsers);
-```
-
-### Timestamps
-
-Enable automatic management of `createdAt` and `updatedAt` columns by setting `timestamps` in your model configuration. The ORM automatically sets these fields during `create`, `update`, `bulkCreate`, `bulkUpdate`, and `upsert` operations in a TypeScript-safe manner, eliminating the need for manual hooks.
-
-#### **Timestamps Example**
-
-```typescript
-import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
-import { orm } from "./db";
-
-const User = defineModel({
-  tableName: "users",
-  columns: {
-    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
-    email: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100, required: true },
-    createdAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
-    updatedAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
-  },
-  timestamps: {
-    createdAt: "createdAt",
-    updatedAt: "updatedAt",
-  },
-});
-
-const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
-
-// Create a user (createdAt and updatedAt set automatically)
-const newUser = await userRepository.create({ email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" });
-console.log(newUser.createdAt, newUser.updatedAt); // Outputs current timestamp
-
-// Update a user (updatedAt updated automatically)
-const updatedUser = await userRepository.update(newUser.id, { email: "admin@offbytesecure.com" });
-console.log(updatedUser.updatedAt); // Outputs new timestamp
-
-// Bulk create users
-const newUsers = await userRepository.bulkCreate([
-  { email: "user1@example.com" },
-  { email: "user2@example.com" },
-]);
-console.log(newUsers.map(u => u.createdAt)); // Outputs timestamps for each user
-```
-
----
-
-## 🗑️ Soft Deletes
-
-Enable soft deletes by setting `softDelete: true` and marking a column (e.g., `deletedAt`) with `softDelete: true` in the model configuration.
-
-- Use `repository.delete(id)` to mark an entity as deleted.
-- Use `repository.recover(id)` to restore a soft-deleted entity.
-- Queries automatically exclude soft-deleted rows unless specified otherwise.
-
-### **Soft Delete Example**
-
-```typescript
-import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
-
-const User = defineModel({
-  tableName: "users",
-  softDelete: true,
-  columns: {
-    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
-    email: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100, required: true },
-    deletedAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime, softDelete: true },
-  },
-});
-
-const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
-await userRepository.create({ email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" });
-await userRepository.delete(1); // Soft delete
-await userRepository.recover(1); // Recover
-```
-
----
-
-## 🌐 Express.js Integration
-
-Stabilize ORM works seamlessly with web frameworks like Express.
-
-```typescript
-import express from "express";
-import { orm } from "./db";
-import { User } from "./models/User";
-
-const app = express();
-app.use(express.json());
-
-const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
-
-app.get("/users", async (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    const users = await userRepository.find().execute();
-    res.json(users);
-  } catch (err) {
-    res.status(500).json({ error: "Failed to fetch users." });
-  }
-});
-
-app.post("/users", async (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    const user = await userRepository.create(req.body);
-    res.status(201).json(user);
-  } catch (err) {
-    res.status(500).json({ error: "User creation failed." });
-  }
-});
-
-app.listen(3000, () => {
-  console.log("Server listening on port 3000");
-});
-```
-
----
-
-## 🧑‍🔬 Testing & Time-Travel
-
-- Use time-travel queries to inspect historical entity states.
-- Assert audit trails and rollback operations in your tests.
-
----
-
-## 📑 License
-
-Licensed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE.md](./LICENSE.md) for details.
-
----
-
-<div align="center">
-
-Created with ❤️ by **ElectronSz**
-<br/>
-<em>File last updated: 2025-10-19 11:12:00 SAST</em>
-
-</div>
+# Stabilize ORM
+
+_A Modern, Type-Safe, and Expressive ORM for Bun_
+
+<p align="left">
+  <img src="./public/logo_both-transparent.png" alt="Stabilize ORM Logo" width="280" />
+</p>
+
+<p align="left">
+  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/stabilize-orm"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/stabilize-orm.svg?label=version&color=blue" alt="NPM Version"></a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-cli/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/l/stabilize-orm.svg?color=green" alt="License"></a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-cli"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Cli-Stabilize%202.1.0-blue.svg" alt="Stabilize CLI"></a>
+  <a href="#"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/PostgreSQL-supported-blue" alt="PostgreSQL"></a>
+  <a href="#"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/MySQL-supported-blue" alt="MySQL"></a>
+  <a href="#"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/SQLite-supported-blue" alt="SQLite"></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-orm/actions/workflows/ci-cd.yml">
+  <img src="https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-orm/actions/workflows/ci-cd.yml/badge.svg" alt="Build Status">
+</a>
+  <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green.svg" alt="MIT License"></a>
+</p>
+
+**Stabilize** is a lightweight, feature-rich ORM designed for performance and developer experience. It provides a unified, database-agnostic API for **PostgreSQL**, **MySQL**, and **SQLite**. Powered by a robust query builder, programmatic model definitions, automatic versioning, and a full-featured command-line interface, Stabilize is built to scale with your app.
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Features
+
+- **Unified API**: Write once, run on PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQLite.
+- **Programmatic Model Definitions**: Define models and columns using the `defineModel` API with the `DataTypes` enum for database-agnostic schemas.
+- **Full-Featured CLI**: Generate models, manage migrations, seed data, and reset your database from the command line with [stabilize-cli](https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-cli).
+- **Automatic Migrations**: Generate database-specific SQL schemas directly from your model definitions.
+- **Versioned Models & Time-Travel**: Enable versioning in your model configuration for automatic history tables and snapshot queries.
+- **Retry Logic**: Automatic exponential backoff for database queries to handle transient connection issues.
+- **Connection Pooling**: Efficient connection management for PostgreSQL and MySQL.
+- **Transactional Integrity**: Built-in support for atomic transactions with automatic rollback on failure.
+- **Advanced Query Builder**: Fluent, chainable API for building complex queries, including joins, filters, ordering, and pagination.
+- **Pagination Helper**: Easily paginate any query with `.paginate(page, pageSize)` and get `{ data, total, page, pageSize }`.
+- **Advanced Model Validation**: Enforce rules like `required`, `minLength`, `maxLength`, `pattern`, and custom validators—errors are thrown on invalid input.
+- **Model Relationships**: Define `OneToOne`, `ManyToOne`, `OneToMany`, and `ManyToMany` relationships in the model configuration.
+- **Soft Deletes**: Enable soft deletes in the model configuration for transparent "deleted" flags and safe row removal.
+- **Lifecycle Hooks**: Define hooks in the model configuration or as class methods for lifecycle events like `beforeCreate`, `afterUpdate`, etc.
+- **Pluggable Logging**: Includes a robust `StabilizeLogger` with support for file-based, rotating logs.
+- **Custom Errors**: `StabilizeError` provides clear, consistent error handling.
+- **Caching Layer**: Optional Redis-backed caching with `cache-aside` and `write-through` strategies.
+- **Custom Query Scopes**: Define reusable query conditions (scopes) in models for simplified, reusable filtering logic.
+- **Timestamps**: Automatically manage `createdAt` and `updatedAt` columns for tracking record creation and update times.
+- **SQL Default Expressions**: Support database-side default expressions (e.g., `gen_random_uuid()`, `NOW()`) for columns using the `sqlDefault()` helper.
+- **Nested Relations (Eager Loading)**: Load deeply nested relations using dot notation like `"roles.permissions"`.
+- **AutoMigrate with Index Management**: Automatically create, detect, and remove indexes and unique constraints during migration.
+- **Advanced Query Builder Filters**: Chainable `.orWhere()`, `.whereIn()`, `.whereNotIn()`, `.whereNull()`, `.whereNotNull()`, `.whereBetween()`, `.groupBy()`, `.having()`, `.lock()` methods.
+- **Optimistic Locking**: Add `optimisticLock: true` to a version column to automatically detect concurrent modification conflicts and throw `CONCURRENT_MODIFICATION` errors.
+- **findAndCount**: Get paginated results with a total count in one call.
+- **findOneBy / findBy**: TypeORM-style conditional finders without writing raw SQL.
+- **Aggregate Queries**: Run `count()`, `sum()`, `avg()`, `min()`, `max()` directly from the repository or query builder.
+- **Cursor-Based Pagination**: Efficient forward/backward cursor pagination for large datasets (Prisma-style `findMany`).
+- **exists**: Check if a record exists without loading it.
+- **recoverAll**: Bulk restore all soft-deleted records.
+- **truncate**: Clear all rows from a table.
+- **seed / defineSeed**: Laravel-style seeding framework with `defineSeed` and `runSeeds`.
+- **resetDatabase**: Drop tables, re-migrate, and optionally re-seed for development.
+- **healthCheck**: Get database and table health status with latency for monitoring endpoints.
+- **rawQuery / rawExec**: Execute raw SQL directly from the `Stabilize` instance.
+- **bulkUpsert**: Upsert multiple records in a single transaction.
+- **findMany**: Prisma-style query with `where`, `cursor`, `take`, `skip`, `orderBy`.
+- **countDistinct**: Count unique values in a column.
+- **increment / decrement**: Atomically increment or decrement a numeric field.
+- **pluck**: Get an array of a single column's values (Rails-style).
+- **selectColumns**: Get only specific columns from a query.
+- **toggle**: Toggle a boolean field (Rails-style).
+- **updateBy / deleteBy**: Conditional bulk updates and deletes without writing SQL.
+- **restoreBy**: Restore soft-deleted records matching conditions.
+- **findDeleted / withTrashed**: Query soft-deleted or all records.
+- **upsertMany**: Batch upsert in configurable batch sizes.
+- **map / each / eachBatch**: Transform, iterate, and batch-process query results.
+- **lockForUpdate**: Pessimistic row locking for read-modify-write.
+- **firstOrCreate / updateOrCreate**: Laravel-style find-or-create patterns.
+- **first / last / random**: Single-record shortcuts.
+- **StabilizeEmitter**: Event system for `query`, `error`, `connection:open/close`, `transaction:start/complete/error`.
+- **TransactionIsolationLevel**: Type for `READ UNCOMMITTED`, `READ COMMITTED`, `REPEATABLE READ`, `SERIALIZABLE`.
+- **generateUUID**: Cross-runtime UUID generation helper.
+- **poolStats**: Get connection pool statistics.
+- **Database Backup & Restore**: `db:backup` and `db:restore` commands for database backup management.
+- **API Generation**: `generate:api` command scaffolds full CRUD REST API routes from models.
+- **Fresh Migrations**: `migrate:fresh` drops all tables and re-runs migrations without seeding.
+- **Database Size Analysis**: `db:size` command shows table sizes and row count statistics.
+
+---
+
+## 📦 Installation
+
+Stabilize ORM requires a modern JavaScript runtime (Bun v1.3+).
+
+```bash
+# Using Bun
+bun add stabilize-orm
+
+# Using npm
+npm install stabilize-orm
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📃 Documentation & Community
+
+- [Changelog](./CHANGELOG.md)
+- [License](./LICENSE)
+- [Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
+- [Contributing Guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md)
+- [Security Policy](./SECURITY.md)
+- [Support](./SUPPORT.md)
+- [Funding](./FUNDING.md)
+
+### Examples
+
+- [Blog](./examples/blog.ts) - Blog with users, posts, comments, and versioning
+- [E-Commerce](./examples/ecommerce.ts) - Products, categories, orders with transactions
+- [REST API](./examples/rest-api.ts) - Express.js REST API with pagination and optimistic locking
+- [SaaS](./examples/saas.ts) - Multi-tenant SaaS with tenants, members, and scoped projects
+- [CMS](./examples/cms.ts) - Content management with authors, categories, articles, and versioning
+- [Analytics](./examples/analytics.ts) - Event tracking with aggregations and metrics
+
+---
+
+## ⚙️ Configuration
+
+Create a database configuration file.
+
+```typescript
+// config/database.ts
+import { DBType, type DBConfig } from "stabilize-orm";
+
+const dbConfig: DBConfig = {
+  type: DBType.Postgres,
+  connectionString:
+    process.env.DATABASE_URL || "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/mydb",
+  retryAttempts: 3,
+  retryDelay: 1000,
+};
+
+export default dbConfig;
+```
+
+Next, create a central ORM instance for your application.
+
+```typescript
+// db.ts
+import {
+  Stabilize,
+  type CacheConfig,
+  type LoggerConfig,
+  LogLevel,
+} from "stabilize-orm";
+import dbConfig from "./database";
+
+const cacheConfig: CacheConfig = {
+  enabled: process.env.CACHE_ENABLED === "true",
+  redisUrl: process.env.REDIS_URL,
+  ttl: 60,
+};
+
+const loggerConfig: LoggerConfig = {
+  level: LogLevel.Info,
+  filePath: "logs/stabilize.log",
+  maxFileSize: 5 * 1024 * 1024, // 5MB
+  maxFiles: 3,
+};
+
+export const orm = new Stabilize(dbConfig, cacheConfig, loggerConfig);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🏗️ Models & Relationships
+
+Define your tables as classes using the `defineModel` function. The `DataTypes` enum ensures database-agnostic schemas.
+
+### Example: Users and Roles (Many-to-Many) with Versioning
+
+```typescript
+// models/User.ts
+import { defineModel, DataTypes, RelationType } from "stabilize-orm";
+import { UserRole } from "./UserRole";
+
+const User = defineModel({
+  tableName: "users",
+  versioned: true,
+  columns: {
+    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
+    email: {
+      type: DataTypes.String,
+      length: 100,
+      required: true,
+      unique: true,
+    },
+  },
+  relations: [
+    {
+      type: RelationType.OneToMany,
+      target: () => UserRole,
+      property: "roles",
+      foreignKey: "userId",
+    },
+  ],
+  hooks: {
+    beforeCreate: (entity) => console.log(`Creating user: ${entity.email}`),
+  },
+});
+
+export { User };
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔍 Pagination
+
+The built-in pagination helper makes it easy to retrieve a page of rows using LIMIT/OFFSET semantics.
+
+```typescript
+const users = await userRepository.find().paginate(2, 10).execute(dbClient);
+// users = [...] // Returns an array of rows for that page
+```
+
+Or, use the query builder:
+
+```typescript
+const page = await userRepository
+  .find()
+  .where("isActive = ?", true)
+  .paginate(1, 20)
+  .execute();
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🛡️ Advanced Validation
+
+Models can define advanced validation rules for columns, including:
+
+- `required`
+- `minLength` / `maxLength`
+- `pattern` (RegExp)
+- `customValidator` (function)
+
+Validation errors are thrown on create/update if data is invalid.
+
+```typescript
+const User = defineModel({
+  tableName: "users",
+  columns: {
+    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
+    email: {
+      type: DataTypes.String,
+      required: true,
+      unique: true,
+      minLength: 6,
+      pattern: /^[^@]+@[^@]+\.[^@]+$/,
+      customValidator: (val) =>
+        val.endsWith("@offbytesecure.com") ||
+        "Must use an @offbytesecure.com email",
+    },
+    password: { type: DataTypes.String, minLength: 8 },
+  },
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## ⏳ Versioning & Auditing
+
+Enable automatic history tracking and time-travel queries by setting `versioned: true` in your model configuration.
+
+- Each change is recorded in a `<table>_history` table with version, operation, and audit columns.
+- Supports snapshot queries, rollbacks, audits, and time-travel.
+
+### **Versioning Example**
+
+```typescript
+import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
+
+const User = defineModel({
+  tableName: "users",
+  versioned: true,
+  columns: {
+    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
+    name: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100 },
+  },
+});
+
+// --- Using versioning features:
+
+const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
+
+// Rollback to a previous version
+await userRepository.rollback(1, 3); // roll back user with id=1 to version 3
+
+// Get a snapshot as of a specific date
+const userAsOf = await userRepository.asOf(1, new Date("2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"));
+console.log(userAsOf);
+
+// View full version history
+const history = await userRepository.history(1);
+console.log(history);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔄 Model Lifecycle Hooks
+
+Stabilize ORM supports lifecycle hooks defined in the model configuration or as class methods. You can run logic before/after create, update, delete, or save.
+
+### **Hooks Example**
+
+```typescript
+import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
+
+const User = defineModel({
+  tableName: "users",
+  columns: {
+    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
+    name: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100 },
+    createdAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
+    updatedAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
+  },
+  hooks: {
+    beforeCreate: (entity) => {
+      entity.createdAt = new Date();
+    },
+    beforeUpdate: (entity) => {
+      entity.updatedAt = new Date();
+    },
+    afterCreate: (entity) => {
+      console.log(`User created: ${entity.name}`);
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+// Add a hook as a class method
+User.prototype.afterUpdate = async function () {
+  console.log(`Updated user: ${this.name}`);
+};
+
+export { User };
+```
+
+Supported hooks: `beforeCreate`, `afterCreate`, `beforeUpdate`, `afterUpdate`, `beforeDelete`, `afterDelete`, `beforeSave`, `afterSave`.
+
+---
+
+## 💻 Command-Line Interface (CLI)
+
+Stabilize includes a powerful CLI for managing your workflow. See: [stabilize-cli on GitHub](https://github.com/ElectronSz/stabilize-cli)
+
+### Generating Files
+
+- **Generate a model**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli generate:model Product
+  ```
+
+- **Generate a migration from a model**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli generate:migration User
+  ```
+
+- **Generate a seed file**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli generate:seed InitialRoles
+  ```
+
+- **Generate a REST API scaffold**:
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli generate:api User
+  ```
+
+### Database & Migration Management
+
+- **Run all pending migrations**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli migrate
+  ```
+
+- **Roll back the last migration**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli migrate:rollback
+  ```
+
+- **Fresh migration (drop + re-migrate)**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli migrate:fresh --force
+  ```
+
+- **Run all pending seeds (in dependency order)**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli seed
+  ```
+
+- **Check the status of migrations and seeds**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli status
+  ```
+
+- **Reset the database (drop, migrate, seed)**:
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli db:reset
+  ```
+
+### Backup & Restore
+
+- **Backup the database**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli db:backup
+  ```
+
+- **Restore from a backup**:
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli db:restore backups/backup_20250101120000.db --force
+  ```
+
+### Diagnostics
+
+- **Database size statistics**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli db:size
+  ```
+
+- **Health check**:
+
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli health
+  ```
+
+- **CLI info**:
+  ```bash
+  stabilize-cli info
+  ```
+
+---
+
+## 🧑‍💻 Querying Data
+
+### Basic CRUD with Repositories
+
+```typescript
+import { orm } from "./db";
+import { User } from "./models/User";
+
+const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
+
+const newUser = await userRepository.create({ email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" });
+const foundUser = await userRepository.findOne(newUser.id);
+const updatedUser = await userRepository.update(newUser.id, {
+  email: "admin@offbytesecure.com",
+});
+await userRepository.delete(newUser.id);
+```
+
+### Advanced Queries with the Query Builder
+
+```typescript
+const activeAdmins = await orm
+  .getRepository(UserRole)
+  .find()
+  .join("users", "user_roles.user_id = users.id")
+  .join("roles", "user_roles.role_id = roles.id")
+  .select("users.id", "users.email", "roles.name as role_name")
+  .where("roles.name = ?", "Admin")
+  .orderBy("users.email ASC")
+  .execute();
+
+console.log(activeAdmins);
+```
+
+#### Query Builder API
+
+```typescript
+{
+  select(...fields: string[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  where(condition: string, ...params: any[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  orWhere(condition: string, ...params: any[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  whereIn(column: string, values: any[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  whereNotIn(column: string, values: any[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  whereNull(column: string): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  whereNotNull(column: string): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  whereBetween(column: string, start: any, end: any): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  groupBy(clause: string): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  having(condition: string, ...params: any[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  join(table: string, condition: string): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  orderBy(clause: string): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  limit(limit: number): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  offset(offset: number): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  lock(mode?: "FOR UPDATE" | "FOR SHARE"): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  withRelations(...relations: string[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  scope(name: string, ...args: any[]): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  paginate(page: number, pageSize: number): QueryBuilder<User>;
+  build(): { query: string; params: any[] };
+  execute(client?: DBClient, cache?: Cache, cacheKey?: string): Promise<User[]>;
+}
+```
+
+### Custom Query Scopes
+
+Define reusable query conditions (scopes) in your model configuration to simplify and reuse common filtering logic. Scopes are applied via the `scope` method on `Repository` or `QueryBuilder`, allowing you to chain them with other query operations.
+
+#### **Scopes Example**
+
+```typescript
+import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
+import { orm } from "./db";
+
+const User = defineModel({
+  tableName: "users",
+  columns: {
+    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
+    email: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100, required: true },
+    isActive: { type: DataTypes.Boolean, required: true },
+    createdAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
+    updatedAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
+  },
+  scopes: {
+    active: (qb) => qb.where("isActive = ?", true),
+    recent: (qb, days: number) =>
+      qb.where(
+        "createdAt >= ?",
+        new Date(Date.now() - days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000),
+      ),
+  },
+});
+
+const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
+
+// Fetch active users
+const activeUsers = await userRepository.scope("active").execute();
+
+// Fetch users created in the last 7 days
+const recentUsers = await userRepository.scope("recent", 7).execute();
+
+// Combine scopes with other query operations
+const recentActiveUsers = await userRepository
+  .scope("active")
+  .scope("recent", 7)
+  .orderBy("createdAt DESC")
+  .limit(10)
+  .execute();
+
+console.log(recentActiveUsers);
+```
+
+### Timestamps
+
+Enable automatic management of `createdAt` and `updatedAt` columns by setting `timestamps` in your model configuration. The ORM automatically sets these fields during `create`, `update`, `bulkCreate`, `bulkUpdate`, and `upsert` operations in a TypeScript-safe manner, eliminating the need for manual hooks.
+
+#### **Timestamps Example**
+
+```typescript
+import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
+import { orm } from "./db";
+
+const User = defineModel({
+  tableName: "users",
+  columns: {
+    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
+    email: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100, required: true },
+    createdAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
+    updatedAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime },
+  },
+  timestamps: {
+    createdAt: "createdAt",
+    updatedAt: "updatedAt",
+  },
+});
+
+const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
+
+// Create a user (createdAt and updatedAt set automatically)
+const newUser = await userRepository.create({ email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" });
+console.log(newUser.createdAt, newUser.updatedAt); // Outputs current timestamp
+
+// Update a user (updatedAt updated automatically)
+const updatedUser = await userRepository.update(newUser.id, {
+  email: "admin@offbytesecure.com",
+});
+console.log(updatedUser.updatedAt); // Outputs new timestamp
+
+// Bulk create users
+const newUsers = await userRepository.bulkCreate([
+  { email: "user1@example.com" },
+  { email: "user2@example.com" },
+]);
+console.log(newUsers.map((u) => u.createdAt)); // Outputs timestamps for each user
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🗑️ Soft Deletes
+
+Enable soft deletes by setting `softDelete: true` and marking a column (e.g., `deletedAt`) with `softDelete: true` in the model configuration.
+
+- Use `repository.delete(id)` to mark an entity as deleted.
+- Use `repository.recover(id)` to restore a soft-deleted entity.
+- Queries automatically exclude soft-deleted rows unless specified otherwise.
+
+### **Soft Delete Example**
+
+```typescript
+import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
+
+const User = defineModel({
+  tableName: "users",
+  softDelete: true,
+  columns: {
+    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
+    email: { type: DataTypes.String, length: 100, required: true },
+    deletedAt: { type: DataTypes.DateTime, softDelete: true },
+  },
+});
+
+const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
+await userRepository.create({ email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" });
+await userRepository.delete(1); // Soft delete
+await userRepository.recover(1); // Recover
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🌐 Express.js Integration
+
+Stabilize ORM works seamlessly with web frameworks like Express.
+
+```typescript
+import express from "express";
+import { orm } from "./db";
+import { User } from "./models/User";
+
+const app = express();
+app.use(express.json());
+
+const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
+
+app.get("/users", async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const users = await userRepository.find().execute();
+    res.json(users);
+  } catch (err) {
+    res.status(500).json({ error: "Failed to fetch users." });
+  }
+});
+
+app.post("/users", async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const user = await userRepository.create(req.body);
+    res.status(201).json(user);
+  } catch (err) {
+    res.status(500).json({ error: "User creation failed." });
+  }
+});
+
+app.listen(3000, () => {
+  console.log("Server listening on port 3000");
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🧑‍🔬 Testing & Time-Travel
+
+- Use time-travel queries to inspect historical entity states.
+- Assert audit trails and rollback operations in your tests.
+
+---
+
+## 🔒 Optimistic Locking
+
+Enable optimistic locking to detect concurrent modifications. Add `optimisticLock: true` to a version column in your model.
+
+```typescript
+import { defineModel, DataTypes } from "stabilize-orm";
+
+const User = defineModel({
+  tableName: "users",
+  columns: {
+    id: { type: DataTypes.Integer, required: true },
+    name: { type: DataTypes.String },
+    version: { type: DataTypes.Integer, optimisticLock: true },
+  },
+});
+
+const userRepository = orm.getRepository(User);
+
+// Create with initial version
+const user = await userRepository.create({ name: "Lwazi", version: 1 });
+
+// Update - version is automatically incremented
+// If another transaction modified the record, a CONCURRENT_MODIFICATION error is thrown
+try {
+  await userRepository.update(user.id, {
+    name: "Updated",
+    version: user.version,
+  });
+} catch (err) {
+  if (err.code === "CONCURRENT_MODIFICATION") {
+    console.log("Record was modified by another transaction");
+  }
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## ⏱️ SQL Default Expressions
+
+Use `sqlDefault()` to set database-side default values for columns (e.g., `gen_random_uuid()`, `NOW()`).
+
+```typescript
+import { defineModel, DataTypes, sqlDefault } from "stabilize-orm";
+
+const User = defineModel({
+  tableName: "users",
+  columns: {
+    id: {
+      type: DataTypes.UUID,
+      required: true,
+      defaultExpression: sqlDefault("gen_random_uuid()"),
+    },
+    name: { type: DataTypes.String },
+    createdAt: {
+      type: DataTypes.DateTime,
+      defaultExpression: sqlDefault("NOW()"),
+    },
+  },
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Advanced Query Builder
+
+The query builder now supports additional filter methods:
+
+```typescript
+const results = await userRepository
+  .find()
+  .where("status = ?", "active")
+  .orWhere("role = ?", "admin")
+  .whereIn("age", [25, 30, 35])
+  .whereBetween("createdAt", new Date("2025-01-01"), new Date("2025-12-31"))
+  .whereNull("deletedAt")
+  .groupBy("department")
+  .having("COUNT(*) > ?", 5)
+  .orderBy("createdAt DESC")
+  .limit(10)
+  .execute();
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔗 Nested Relations
+
+Load deeply nested relations using dot notation:
+
+```typescript
+const user = await userRepository.findOne(1, {
+  relations: ["roles", "roles.permissions"],
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Aggregation Queries
+
+Run aggregate queries directly on the repository or query builder.
+
+```typescript
+// Repository-level aggregates
+const total = await userRepository.count();
+const exists = await userRepository.exists({
+  email: "admin@offbytesecure.com",
+});
+
+const stats = await userRepository.aggregate({
+  count: "*",
+  sum: ["salary"],
+  avg: ["salary"],
+  min: ["salary"],
+  max: ["salary"],
+});
+// stats = { count_: 100, sum_salary: 5000000, avg_salary: 50000, min_salary: 20000, max_salary: 150000 }
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔎 findOneBy / findBy
+
+TypeORM-style conditional finders without writing raw SQL.
+
+```typescript
+// Find one record by condition
+const user = await userRepository.findOneBy({ email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" });
+
+// Find multiple records
+const admins = await userRepository.findBy(
+  { role: "admin" },
+  { limit: 10, orderBy: "createdAt DESC" },
+);
+
+// Combined with relations
+const user = await userRepository.findOneBy(
+  { email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" },
+  { relations: ["roles"] },
+);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔢 findAndCount
+
+Get paginated results with a total count in a single call.
+
+```typescript
+const { data, total } = await userRepository.findAndCount();
+console.log(`Showing ${data.length} of ${total} total records`);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🖱️ Cursor-Based Pagination
+
+Efficient cursor-based pagination for large datasets.
+
+```typescript
+// First page
+const page1 = await userRepository.findMany({
+  take: 10,
+  orderBy: { field: "id", direction: "ASC" },
+});
+
+// Next page using cursor
+const lastId = page1[page1.length - 1].id;
+const page2 = await userRepository.findMany({
+  cursor: { field: "id", value: lastId, direction: "forward" },
+  take: 10,
+  orderBy: { field: "id", direction: "ASC" },
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🌱 Database Seeding
+
+Define and run seeds for populating development/test databases.
+
+```typescript
+import { defineSeed, runSeeds, resetDatabase } from "stabilize-orm";
+
+// Define a seed
+defineSeed("create-default-roles", async (db) => {
+  const roleRepo = orm.getRepository(Role);
+  await roleRepo.bulkCreate([
+    { name: "Admin", permissions: "all" },
+    { name: "User", permissions: "read" },
+  ]);
+});
+
+// Run all seeds
+await runSeeds(orm.client);
+
+// Reset database (drop, migrate, seed)
+await resetDatabase(orm.client, [User, Role]);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🏥 Health Check
+
+Monitor database and cache connectivity with latency.
+
+```typescript
+const health = await orm.healthCheck();
+// { status: "healthy", database: "postgres", latencyMs: 12.5, cacheStatus: "connected" }
+
+// Per-table health
+const userHealth = await userRepository.healthCheck();
+// { status: "healthy", table: "users", rows: 142, latencyMs: 8.3 }
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📂 Bulk Upsert
+
+Upsert multiple records in a single transaction.
+
+```typescript
+const users = await userRepository.bulkUpsert(
+  [
+    { email: "lwazicd@icloud.com", name: "Lwazi" },
+    { email: "ciniso@icloud.com", name: "Ciniso" },
+  ],
+  ["email"], // unique key(s)
+);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔧 Raw SQL
+
+Execute raw SQL queries directly from the ORM instance.
+
+```typescript
+const results = await orm.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM users WHERE age > ?", [25]);
+const { affectedRows } = await orm.rawExec(
+  "UPDATE users SET active = false WHERE last_login < ?",
+  [oneYearAgo],
+);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🗑️ recoverAll / truncate
+
+```typescript
+// Restore all soft-deleted records
+const recovered = await userRepository.recoverAll();
+console.log(`Recovered ${recovered} records`);
+
+// Clear the table
+await userRepository.truncate();
+```
+
+---
+
+## ⬆️⬇️ Increment / Decrement
+
+Atomically update numeric fields without loading the record.
+
+```typescript
+const updated = await userRepository.increment(user.id, "loginCount", 1);
+const updated = await userRepository.decrement(user.id, "credits", 5);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🏷️ Pluck / SelectColumns
+
+```typescript
+// Get just the email column as an array
+const emails = await userRepository.pluck("email");
+// ["lwazicd@icloud.com", "ciniso@icloud.com", ...]
+
+// Get specific columns
+const users = await userRepository.selectColumns("id", "email");
+// [{ id: 1, email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" }, ...]
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔄 Toggle
+
+Toggle a boolean field.
+
+```typescript
+const toggled = await userRepository.toggle(user.id, "isActive");
+// isActive was true, now false (or vice versa)
+```
+
+---
+
+## ✏️ updateBy / deleteBy
+
+```typescript
+// Update all active users' role to "member"
+const updated = await userRepository.updateBy(
+  { isActive: true },
+  { role: "member" },
+);
+
+// Delete all users with null email
+const deleted = await userRepository.deleteBy({ email: null });
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🕳️ findDeleted / withTrashed
+
+```typescript
+// Get only soft-deleted records
+const deletedUsers = await userRepository.findDeleted().execute();
+
+// Get all records including soft-deleted
+const allUsers = await userRepository.withTrashed().execute();
+
+// Restore matching soft-deleted records
+const restored = await userRepository.restoreBy({ role: "admin" });
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔄 firstOrCreate / updateOrCreate
+
+```typescript
+// Find or create in one call
+const user = await userRepository.firstOrCreate(
+  { email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" },
+  { name: "Lwazi" },
+);
+
+// Find and update, or create if not found
+const user = await userRepository.updateOrCreate(
+  { email: "lwazicd@icloud.com" },
+  { name: "Updated Name" },
+);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🥇 first / last / random
+
+```typescript
+const firstUser = await userRepository.first();
+const admin = await userRepository.first({ role: "admin" });
+const lastUser = await userRepository.last();
+const randomUser = await userRepository.random();
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔒 Pessimistic Locking (lockForUpdate)
+
+```typescript
+const user = await userRepository.lockForUpdate(user.id);
+// The row is now locked for the duration of the transaction
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📡 Event Emitter
+
+Subscribe to ORM lifecycle events.
+
+```typescript
+const orm = new Stabilize(dbConfig);
+
+orm.events.on("query", (entry) => {
+  console.log(`[${entry.durationMs}ms] ${entry.query}`);
+});
+
+orm.events.on("error", (err) => {
+  console.error("ORM error:", err);
+});
+
+orm.events.on("connection:open", (dbType) => {
+  console.log(`Connected to ${dbType}`);
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📦 Pool Stats
+
+```typescript
+const stats = await orm.poolStats();
+// { active: 5, idle: 10, total: 15 }
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🆔 generateUUID
+
+```typescript
+import { generateUUID } from "stabilize-orm";
+
+const id = generateUUID();
+// "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📑 License
+
+Licensed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE.md](./LICENSE.md) for details.
+
+---
+
+<div align="center">
+
+Created with ❤️ by **ElectronSz**
+<br/>
+<em>File last updated: 2026-04-02</em>
+
+</div>