Date cannot be scanned directly to time.Time type, so we need to read a date to a string first.

database/sqlite/database.go

@@ -128,15 +128,21 @@ func (d *SQLiteDatabase) Entries(page, pageSize int64) (entries []*guestbook.Ent
 
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var entry guestbook.Entry
+		var entry_created string
 		var reply_created sql.NullString
 		var reply_message sql.NullString
 		if err = rows.Scan(
-			&entry.ID, &entry.Created, &entry.Name,
+			&entry.ID, &entry_created, &entry.Name,
 			&entry.Message, &entry.Website,
 			&reply_created, &reply_message); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 
+		entry.Created, err = time.Parse(guestbook.DateFormat, entry_created)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+
 		if reply_message.Valid /* reply_created is also valid if reply is */ {
 			date, err := time.Parse(guestbook.DateFormat, reply_created.String)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -183,7 +189,7 @@ func (d *SQLiteDatabase) NewEntry(entry *guestbook.Entry) error {
 	}
 	defer tx.Rollback()
 
-	r, err := tx.Stmt(stmtNewEntry).Exec(entry.Created, entry.Name, entry.Message,
+	r, err := tx.Stmt(stmtNewEntry).Exec(entry.Created.Format(guestbook.DateFormat), entry.Name, entry.Message,
 		entry.Website, entry.HideWebsite)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -200,24 +206,20 @@ func (d *SQLiteDatabase) NewEntry(entry *guestbook.Entry) error {
 }
 
 // UpdateEntry
-func (d *SQLiteDatabase) UpdateEntry(entry *guestbook.Entry) (*guestbook.Entry, error) {
+func (d *SQLiteDatabase) UpdateEntry(entry *guestbook.Entry) error {
 	tx, err := d.db.Begin()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 	defer tx.Rollback()
 
 	row := tx.Stmt(stmtUpdateEntry).QueryRow(entry.Name, entry.Message, entry.Website, entry.HideWebsite, entry.ID)
-
+	if row.Err() != nil {
-	uEntry := guestbook.Entry{}
+		return row.Err()
-	err = row.Scan(&uEntry.ID, &uEntry.Created, &uEntry.Name, &uEntry.Message, &uEntry.Website, &uEntry.HideWebsite)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	tx.Commit()
 
-	return &uEntry, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (d *SQLiteDatabase) DeleteEntry(entryID int64) (int64, error) {
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ func (d *SQLiteDatabase) NewReply(reply *guestbook.Reply) error {
 	}
 	defer tx.Rollback()
 
-	_, err = tx.Stmt(stmtNewReply).Exec(reply.ID, reply.Created, reply.Message)
+	_, err = tx.Stmt(stmtNewReply).Exec(reply.ID, reply.Created.Format(guestbook.DateFormat), reply.Message)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -259,23 +261,22 @@ func (d *SQLiteDatabase) NewReply(reply *guestbook.Reply) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (d *SQLiteDatabase) UpdateReply(reply *guestbook.Reply) (*guestbook.Reply, error) {
+func (d *SQLiteDatabase) UpdateReply(reply *guestbook.Reply) error {
 	tx, err := d.db.Begin()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 	defer tx.Rollback()
 
-	uReply := guestbook.Reply{}
+	row := tx.Stmt(stmtUpdateReply).QueryRow(
-	err = tx.Stmt(stmtUpdateReply).QueryRow(
+		reply.Created.Format(guestbook.DateFormat), reply.Message, reply.ID)
-		reply.Created, reply.Message, reply.ID).Scan(&uReply.ID, &uReply.Created, &uReply.Message)
+	if row.Err() != nil {
-	if err != nil {
+		return row.Err()
-		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	tx.Commit()
 
-	return &uReply, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (d *SQLiteDatabase) DeleteReply(entryID int64) error {

database/sqlite/database_test.go

@@ -86,14 +86,10 @@ func TestSqliteUpdateEntry(t *testing.T) {
 	me.ID = es0[0].ID
 	me.Name = "NotSoAnonymous"
 
-	ne, err := db.UpdateEntry(me)
+	err = db.UpdateEntry(me)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
-
-	if ne.Name != me.Name {
-		t.Error(ne.Name, "!=", me.Name)
-	}
 }
 
 func TestSqliteUpdateReply(t *testing.T) {
@@ -117,14 +113,10 @@ func TestSqliteUpdateReply(t *testing.T) {
 	mr.ID = es0[0].ID
 	mr.Message = "bur"
 
-	nr, err := db.UpdateReply(mr)
+	err = db.UpdateReply(mr)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
-
-	if nr.Message != mr.Message {
-		t.Error(nr.Message, "!=", mr.Message)
-	}
 }
 
 func TestSqliteDeleteEntry(t *testing.T) {

guestbook/database.go

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ type Guestbook interface {
 	Entries(page, pageSize int64) ([]*Entry, error)
 	Count() (int64, error)
 	NewEntry(entry *Entry) error
-	UpdateEntry(entry *Entry) (*Entry, error)
+	UpdateEntry(entry *Entry) error
 	DeleteEntry(entryID int64) error
 	NewReply(reply *Reply) error
-	UpdateReply(reply *Reply) (*Entry, error)
+	UpdateReply(reply *Reply) error
 	DeleteReply(entryID int64) error
 	Close() error
 }