feat(dbmanager): ✨ add support for existing SQL connections

* Introduced NewConnectionFromDB function to create connections from existing *sql.DB instances. * Added ExistingDBProvider to wrap existing database connections for dbmanager features. * Implemented tests for NewConnectionFromDB and ExistingDBProvider functionalities.
feat(reflection): ✨ add tests for standard SQL null types
2026-01-13 14:34:25 +00:00 · 2026-01-13 12:50:12 +02:00 · 2026-01-13 12:18:13 +02:00 · 2026-01-13 11:33:45 +02:00 · 2026-01-12 11:12:42 +02:00 · 2026-01-07 15:24:44 +02:00
24 changed files with 2015 additions and 485 deletions
--- a/pkg/common/cors.go
+++ b/pkg/common/cors.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package common
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/config"
 )

 // CORSConfig holds CORS configuration
@@ -15,8 +17,30 @@ type CORSConfig struct {

 // DefaultCORSConfig returns a default CORS configuration suitable for HeadSpec
 func DefaultCORSConfig() CORSConfig {
+	configManager := config.GetConfigManager()
+	cfg, _ := configManager.GetConfig()
+	hosts := make([]string, 0)
+	// hosts = append(hosts, "*")
+
+	_, _, ipsList := config.GetIPs()
+
+	for i := range cfg.Servers.Instances {
+		server := cfg.Servers.Instances[i]
+		if server.Port == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		hosts = append(hosts, server.ExternalURLs...)
+		hosts = append(hosts, fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", server.Host, server.Port))
+		hosts = append(hosts, fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%d", server.Host, server.Port))
+		hosts = append(hosts, fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", "localhost", server.Port))
+		for _, ip := range ipsList {
+			hosts = append(hosts, fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", ip.String(), server.Port))
+			hosts = append(hosts, fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%d", ip.String(), server.Port))
+		}
+	}
+
 	return CORSConfig{
-		AllowedOrigins: []string{"*"},
+		AllowedOrigins: hosts,
 		AllowedMethods: []string{"GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE", "OPTIONS"},
 		AllowedHeaders: GetHeadSpecHeaders(),
 		MaxAge:         86400, // 24 hours
@@ -90,11 +114,14 @@ func GetHeadSpecHeaders() []string {
 }

 // SetCORSHeaders sets CORS headers on a response writer
-func SetCORSHeaders(w ResponseWriter, config CORSConfig) {
+func SetCORSHeaders(w ResponseWriter, r Request, config CORSConfig) {
 	// Set allowed origins
-	if len(config.AllowedOrigins) > 0 {
-		w.SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", strings.Join(config.AllowedOrigins, ", "))
-	}
+	// if len(config.AllowedOrigins) > 0 {
+	// 	w.SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", strings.Join(config.AllowedOrigins, ", "))
+	// }
+
+	// Todo origin list parsing
+	w.SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")

 	// Set allowed methods
 	if len(config.AllowedMethods) > 0 {
@@ -102,9 +129,10 @@ func SetCORSHeaders(w ResponseWriter, config CORSConfig) {
 	}

 	// Set allowed headers
-	if len(config.AllowedHeaders) > 0 {
-		w.SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", strings.Join(config.AllowedHeaders, ", "))
-	}
+	// if len(config.AllowedHeaders) > 0 {
+	// 	w.SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", strings.Join(config.AllowedHeaders, ", "))
+	// }
+	w.SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "*")

 	// Set max age
 	if config.MaxAge > 0 {
@@ -115,5 +143,7 @@ func SetCORSHeaders(w ResponseWriter, config CORSConfig) {
 	w.SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "true")

 	// Expose headers that clients can read
-	w.SetHeader("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", "Content-Range, X-Api-Range-Total, X-Api-Range-Size")
+	exposeHeaders := config.AllowedHeaders
+	exposeHeaders = append(exposeHeaders, "Content-Range", "X-Api-Range-Total", "X-Api-Range-Size")
+	w.SetHeader("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", strings.Join(exposeHeaders, ", "))
 }
--- a/pkg/common/handler_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/common/handler_utils.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package common
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/logger"
 )

 // ValidateAndUnwrapModelResult contains the result of model validation
@@ -45,3 +48,216 @@ func ValidateAndUnwrapModel(model interface{}) (*ValidateAndUnwrapModelResult, e
 		OriginalType: originalType,
 	}, nil
 }
+
+// ExtractTagValue extracts the value for a given key from a struct tag string.
+// It handles both semicolon and comma-separated tag formats (e.g., GORM and BUN tags).
+// For tags like "json:name;validate:required" it will extract "name" for key "json".
+// For tags like "rel:has-many,join:table" it will extract "table" for key "join".
+func ExtractTagValue(tag, key string) string {
+	// Split by both semicolons and commas to handle different tag formats
+	// We need to be smart about this - commas can be part of values
+	// So we'll try semicolon first, then comma if needed
+	separators := []string{";", ","}
+
+	for _, sep := range separators {
+		parts := strings.Split(tag, sep)
+		for _, part := range parts {
+			part = strings.TrimSpace(part)
+			if strings.HasPrefix(part, key+":") {
+				return strings.TrimPrefix(part, key+":")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// GetRelationshipInfo analyzes a model type and extracts relationship metadata
+// for a specific relation field identified by its JSON name.
+// Returns nil if the field is not found or is not a valid relationship.
+func GetRelationshipInfo(modelType reflect.Type, relationName string) *RelationshipInfo {
+	// Ensure we have a struct type
+	if modelType == nil || modelType.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		logger.Warn("Cannot get relationship info from non-struct type: %v", modelType)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < modelType.NumField(); i++ {
+		field := modelType.Field(i)
+		jsonTag := field.Tag.Get("json")
+		jsonName := strings.Split(jsonTag, ",")[0]
+
+		if jsonName == relationName {
+			gormTag := field.Tag.Get("gorm")
+			bunTag := field.Tag.Get("bun")
+			info := &RelationshipInfo{
+				FieldName: field.Name,
+				JSONName:  jsonName,
+			}
+
+			if strings.Contains(bunTag, "rel:") || strings.Contains(bunTag, "join:") {
+				//bun:"rel:has-many,join:rid_hub=rid_hub_division"
+				if strings.Contains(bunTag, "has-many") {
+					info.RelationType = "hasMany"
+				} else if strings.Contains(bunTag, "has-one") {
+					info.RelationType = "hasOne"
+				} else if strings.Contains(bunTag, "belongs-to") {
+					info.RelationType = "belongsTo"
+				} else if strings.Contains(bunTag, "many-to-many") {
+					info.RelationType = "many2many"
+				} else {
+					info.RelationType = "hasOne"
+				}
+
+				// Extract join info
+				joinPart := ExtractTagValue(bunTag, "join")
+				if joinPart != "" && info.RelationType == "many2many" {
+					// For many2many, the join part is the join table name
+					info.JoinTable = joinPart
+				} else if joinPart != "" {
+					// For other relations, parse foreignKey and references
+					joinParts := strings.Split(joinPart, "=")
+					if len(joinParts) == 2 {
+						info.ForeignKey = joinParts[0]
+						info.References = joinParts[1]
+					}
+				}
+
+				// Get related model type
+				if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+					elemType := field.Type.Elem()
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+						elemType = elemType.Elem()
+					}
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+						info.RelatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
+					}
+				} else if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+					elemType := field.Type
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+						elemType = elemType.Elem()
+					}
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+						info.RelatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
+					}
+				}
+
+				return info
+			}
+
+			// Parse GORM tag to determine relationship type and keys
+			if strings.Contains(gormTag, "foreignKey") {
+				info.ForeignKey = ExtractTagValue(gormTag, "foreignKey")
+				info.References = ExtractTagValue(gormTag, "references")
+
+				// Determine if it's belongsTo or hasMany/hasOne
+				if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+					info.RelationType = "hasMany"
+					// Get the element type for slice
+					elemType := field.Type.Elem()
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+						elemType = elemType.Elem()
+					}
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+						info.RelatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
+					}
+				} else if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+					info.RelationType = "belongsTo"
+					elemType := field.Type
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+						elemType = elemType.Elem()
+					}
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+						info.RelatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
+					}
+				}
+			} else if strings.Contains(gormTag, "many2many") {
+				info.RelationType = "many2many"
+				info.JoinTable = ExtractTagValue(gormTag, "many2many")
+				// Get the element type for many2many (always slice)
+				if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+					elemType := field.Type.Elem()
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+						elemType = elemType.Elem()
+					}
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+						info.RelatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				// Field has no GORM relationship tags, so it's not a relation
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return info
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// RelationPathToBunAlias converts a relation path (e.g., "Order.Customer") to a Bun alias format.
+// It converts to lowercase and replaces dots with double underscores.
+// For example: "Order.Customer" -> "order__customer"
+func RelationPathToBunAlias(relationPath string) string {
+	if relationPath == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	// Convert to lowercase and replace dots with double underscores
+	alias := strings.ToLower(relationPath)
+	alias = strings.ReplaceAll(alias, ".", "__")
+	return alias
+}
+
+// ReplaceTableReferencesInSQL replaces references to a base table name in a SQL expression
+// with the appropriate alias for the current preload level.
+// For example, if baseTableName is "mastertaskitem" and targetAlias is "mal__mal",
+// it will replace "mastertaskitem.rid_mastertaskitem" with "mal__mal.rid_mastertaskitem"
+func ReplaceTableReferencesInSQL(sqlExpr, baseTableName, targetAlias string) string {
+	if sqlExpr == "" || baseTableName == "" || targetAlias == "" {
+		return sqlExpr
+	}
+
+	// Replace both quoted and unquoted table references
+	// Handle patterns like: tablename.column, "tablename".column, tablename."column", "tablename"."column"
+
+	// Pattern 1: tablename.column (unquoted)
+	result := strings.ReplaceAll(sqlExpr, baseTableName+".", targetAlias+".")
+
+	// Pattern 2: "tablename".column or "tablename"."column" (quoted table name)
+	result = strings.ReplaceAll(result, "\""+baseTableName+"\".", "\""+targetAlias+"\".")
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// GetTableNameFromModel extracts the table name from a model.
+// It checks the bun tag first, then falls back to converting the struct name to snake_case.
+func GetTableNameFromModel(model interface{}) string {
+	if model == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	modelType := reflect.TypeOf(model)
+
+	// Unwrap pointers
+	for modelType != nil && modelType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		modelType = modelType.Elem()
+	}
+
+	if modelType == nil || modelType.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	// Look for bun tag on embedded BaseModel
+	for i := 0; i < modelType.NumField(); i++ {
+		field := modelType.Field(i)
+		if field.Anonymous {
+			bunTag := field.Tag.Get("bun")
+			if strings.HasPrefix(bunTag, "table:") {
+				return strings.TrimPrefix(bunTag, "table:")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Fallback: convert struct name to lowercase (simple heuristic)
+	// This handles cases like "MasterTaskItem" -> "mastertaskitem"
+	return strings.ToLower(modelType.Name())
+}
--- a/pkg/common/handler_utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/common/handler_utils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestExtractTagValue(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		tag      string
+		key      string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "Extract existing key",
+			tag:      "json:name;validate:required",
+			key:      "json",
+			expected: "name",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Extract key with spaces",
+			tag:      "json:name ; validate:required",
+			key:      "validate",
+			expected: "required",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Extract key at end",
+			tag:      "json:name;validate:required;db:column_name",
+			key:      "db",
+			expected: "column_name",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Extract key at beginning",
+			tag:      "primary:true;json:id;db:user_id",
+			key:      "primary",
+			expected: "true",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Key not found",
+			tag:      "json:name;validate:required",
+			key:      "db",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Empty tag",
+			tag:      "",
+			key:      "json",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Single key-value pair",
+			tag:      "json:name",
+			key:      "json",
+			expected: "name",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Key with empty value",
+			tag:      "json:;validate:required",
+			key:      "json",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Key with complex value",
+			tag:      "json:user_name,omitempty;validate:required,min=3",
+			key:      "json",
+			expected: "user_name,omitempty",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Multiple semicolons",
+			tag:      "json:name;;validate:required",
+			key:      "validate",
+			expected: "required",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "BUN Tag with comma separator",
+			tag:      "rel:has-many,join:rid_hub=rid_hub_child",
+			key:      "join",
+			expected: "rid_hub=rid_hub_child",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Extract foreignKey",
+			tag:      "foreignKey:UserID;references:ID",
+			key:      "foreignKey",
+			expected: "UserID",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Extract references",
+			tag:      "foreignKey:UserID;references:ID",
+			key:      "references",
+			expected: "ID",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Extract many2many",
+			tag:      "many2many:user_roles",
+			key:      "many2many",
+			expected: "user_roles",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := ExtractTagValue(tt.tag, tt.key)
+			if result != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("ExtractTagValue(%q, %q) = %q; want %q", tt.tag, tt.key, result, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
--- a/pkg/common/recursive_crud.go
+++ b/pkg/common/recursive_crud.go
@@ -20,17 +20,6 @@ type RelationshipInfoProvider interface {
 	GetRelationshipInfo(modelType reflect.Type, relationName string) *RelationshipInfo
 }

-// RelationshipInfo contains information about a model relationship
-type RelationshipInfo struct {
-	FieldName    string
-	JSONName     string
-	RelationType string // "belongsTo", "hasMany", "hasOne", "many2many"
-	ForeignKey   string
-	References   string
-	JoinTable    string
-	RelatedModel interface{}
-}
-
 // NestedCUDProcessor handles recursive processing of nested object graphs
 type NestedCUDProcessor struct {
 	db                 Database
@@ -218,9 +207,9 @@ func (p *NestedCUDProcessor) processInsert(
 	for key, value := range data {
 		query = query.Value(key, value)
 	}
-
+	pkName := reflection.GetPrimaryKeyName(tableName)
 	// Add RETURNING clause to get the inserted ID
-	query = query.Returning("id")
+	query = query.Returning(pkName)

 	result, err := query.Exec(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -231,8 +220,8 @@ func (p *NestedCUDProcessor) processInsert(
 	var id interface{}
 	if lastID, err := result.LastInsertId(); err == nil && lastID > 0 {
 		id = lastID
-	} else if data["id"] != nil {
-		id = data["id"]
+	} else if data[pkName] != nil {
+		id = data[pkName]
 	}

 	logger.Debug("Insert successful, ID: %v, rows affected: %d", id, result.RowsAffected())
--- a/pkg/common/types.go
+++ b/pkg/common/types.go
@@ -111,3 +111,14 @@ type TableMetadata struct {
 	Columns   []Column `json:"columns"`
 	Relations []string `json:"relations"`
 }
+
+// RelationshipInfo contains information about a model relationship
+type RelationshipInfo struct {
+	FieldName    string      `json:"field_name"`
+	JSONName     string      `json:"json_name"`
+	RelationType string      `json:"relation_type"` // "belongsTo", "hasMany", "hasOne", "many2many"
+	ForeignKey   string      `json:"foreign_key"`
+	References   string      `json:"references"`
+	JoinTable    string      `json:"join_table"`
+	RelatedModel interface{} `json:"related_model"`
+}
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ type ServerInstanceConfig struct {

 	// Tags for organization and filtering
 	Tags map[string]string `mapstructure:"tags"`
+
+	// ExternalURLs are additional URLs that this server instance is accessible from (for CORS) for proxy setups
+	ExternalURLs []string `mapstructure:"external_urls"`
 }

 // TracingConfig holds OpenTelemetry tracing configuration
--- a/pkg/config/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/config/manager.go
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ type Manager struct {
 	v *viper.Viper
 }

+var configInstance *Manager
+
+// GetConfigManager returns a singleton configuration manager instance
+func GetConfigManager() *Manager {
+	if configInstance == nil {
+		configInstance = NewManager()
+	}
+	return configInstance
+}
+
 // NewManager creates a new configuration manager with defaults
 func NewManager() *Manager {
 	v := viper.New()
@@ -32,7 +42,8 @@ func NewManager() *Manager {
 	// Set default values
 	setDefaults(v)

-	return &Manager{v: v}
+	configInstance = &Manager{v: v}
+	return configInstance
 }

 // NewManagerWithOptions creates a new configuration manager with custom options
--- a/pkg/config/server.go
+++ b/pkg/config/server.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package config

 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 )

 // ApplyGlobalDefaults applies global server defaults to this instance
@@ -105,3 +108,42 @@ func (sc *ServersConfig) GetDefault() (*ServerInstanceConfig, error) {

 	return &instance, nil
 }
+
+// GetIPs - GetIP for pc
+func GetIPs() (hostname string, ipList string, ipNetList []net.IP) {
+	defer func() {
+		if err := recover(); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Recovered in GetIPs", err)
+		}
+	}()
+	hostname, _ = os.Hostname()
+	ipaddrlist := make([]net.IP, 0)
+	iplist := ""
+	addrs, err := net.LookupIP(hostname)
+	if err != nil {
+		return hostname, iplist, ipaddrlist
+	}
+
+	for _, a := range addrs {
+		// cfg.LogInfo("\nFound IP Host Address: %s", a)
+		if strings.Contains(a.String(), "127.0.0.1") {
+			continue
+		}
+		iplist = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", iplist, a)
+		ipaddrlist = append(ipaddrlist, a)
+	}
+	if iplist == "" {
+		iff, _ := net.InterfaceAddrs()
+		for _, a := range iff {
+			// cfg.LogInfo("\nFound IP Address: %s", a)
+			if strings.Contains(a.String(), "127.0.0.1") {
+				continue
+			}
+			iplist = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", iplist, a)
+
+		}
+
+	}
+	iplist = strings.TrimLeft(iplist, ",")
+	return hostname, iplist, ipaddrlist
+}
--- a/pkg/dbmanager/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/dbmanager/factory.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package dbmanager

 import (
+	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"

 	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/dbmanager/providers"
@@ -49,3 +50,18 @@ func createProvider(dbType DatabaseType) (Provider, error) {
 // Provider is an alias to the providers.Provider interface
 // This allows dbmanager package consumers to use Provider without importing providers
 type Provider = providers.Provider
+
+// NewConnectionFromDB creates a new Connection from an existing *sql.DB
+// This allows you to use dbmanager features (ORM wrappers, health checks, etc.)
+// with a database connection that was opened outside of dbmanager
+//
+// Parameters:
+//   - name: A unique name for this connection
+//   - dbType: The database type (DatabaseTypePostgreSQL, DatabaseTypeSQLite, or DatabaseTypeMSSQL)
+//   - db: An existing *sql.DB connection
+//
+// Returns a Connection that wraps the existing *sql.DB
+func NewConnectionFromDB(name string, dbType DatabaseType, db *sql.DB) Connection {
+	provider := providers.NewExistingDBProvider(db, name)
+	return newSQLConnection(name, dbType, ConnectionConfig{Name: name, Type: dbType}, provider)
+}
--- a/pkg/dbmanager/factory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dbmanager/factory_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+package dbmanager
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"testing"
+
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+)
+
+func TestNewConnectionFromDB(t *testing.T) {
+	// Open a SQLite in-memory database
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	// Create a connection from the existing database
+	conn := NewConnectionFromDB("test-connection", DatabaseTypeSQLite, db)
+	if conn == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected connection to be created")
+	}
+
+	// Verify connection properties
+	if conn.Name() != "test-connection" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected name 'test-connection', got '%s'", conn.Name())
+	}
+
+	if conn.Type() != DatabaseTypeSQLite {
+		t.Errorf("Expected type DatabaseTypeSQLite, got '%s'", conn.Type())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewConnectionFromDB_Connect(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	conn := NewConnectionFromDB("test-connection", DatabaseTypeSQLite, db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Connect should verify the existing connection works
+	err = conn.Connect(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected Connect to succeed, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Cleanup
+	conn.Close()
+}
+
+func TestNewConnectionFromDB_Native(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	conn := NewConnectionFromDB("test-connection", DatabaseTypeSQLite, db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	err = conn.Connect(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to connect: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	// Get native DB
+	nativeDB, err := conn.Native()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected Native to succeed, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if nativeDB != db {
+		t.Error("Expected Native to return the same database instance")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewConnectionFromDB_Bun(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	conn := NewConnectionFromDB("test-connection", DatabaseTypeSQLite, db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	err = conn.Connect(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to connect: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	// Get Bun ORM
+	bunDB, err := conn.Bun()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected Bun to succeed, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if bunDB == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected Bun to return a non-nil instance")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewConnectionFromDB_GORM(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	conn := NewConnectionFromDB("test-connection", DatabaseTypeSQLite, db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	err = conn.Connect(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to connect: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	// Get GORM
+	gormDB, err := conn.GORM()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected GORM to succeed, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if gormDB == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected GORM to return a non-nil instance")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewConnectionFromDB_HealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	conn := NewConnectionFromDB("test-connection", DatabaseTypeSQLite, db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	err = conn.Connect(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to connect: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	// Health check should succeed
+	err = conn.HealthCheck(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected HealthCheck to succeed, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewConnectionFromDB_Stats(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	conn := NewConnectionFromDB("test-connection", DatabaseTypeSQLite, db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	err = conn.Connect(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to connect: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	stats := conn.Stats()
+	if stats == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected stats to be returned")
+	}
+
+	if stats.Name != "test-connection" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected stats.Name to be 'test-connection', got '%s'", stats.Name)
+	}
+
+	if stats.Type != DatabaseTypeSQLite {
+		t.Errorf("Expected stats.Type to be DatabaseTypeSQLite, got '%s'", stats.Type)
+	}
+
+	if !stats.Connected {
+		t.Error("Expected stats.Connected to be true")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewConnectionFromDB_PostgreSQL(t *testing.T) {
+	// This test just verifies the factory works with PostgreSQL type
+	// It won't actually connect since we're using SQLite
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	conn := NewConnectionFromDB("test-pg", DatabaseTypePostgreSQL, db)
+	if conn == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected connection to be created")
+	}
+
+	if conn.Type() != DatabaseTypePostgreSQL {
+		t.Errorf("Expected type DatabaseTypePostgreSQL, got '%s'", conn.Type())
+	}
+}
--- a/pkg/dbmanager/providers/existing_db.go
+++ b/pkg/dbmanager/providers/existing_db.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package providers
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo"
+)
+
+// ExistingDBProvider wraps an existing *sql.DB connection
+// This allows using dbmanager features with a database connection
+// that was opened outside of the dbmanager package
+type ExistingDBProvider struct {
+	db   *sql.DB
+	name string
+	mu   sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+// NewExistingDBProvider creates a new provider wrapping an existing *sql.DB
+func NewExistingDBProvider(db *sql.DB, name string) *ExistingDBProvider {
+	return &ExistingDBProvider{
+		db:   db,
+		name: name,
+	}
+}
+
+// Connect verifies the existing database connection is valid
+// It does NOT create a new connection, but ensures the existing one works
+func (p *ExistingDBProvider) Connect(ctx context.Context, cfg ConnectionConfig) error {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if p.db == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("database connection is nil")
+	}
+
+	// Verify the connection works
+	if err := p.db.PingContext(ctx); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to ping existing database: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Close closes the underlying database connection
+func (p *ExistingDBProvider) Close() error {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if p.db == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return p.db.Close()
+}
+
+// HealthCheck verifies the connection is alive
+func (p *ExistingDBProvider) HealthCheck(ctx context.Context) error {
+	p.mu.RLock()
+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	if p.db == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("database connection is nil")
+	}
+
+	return p.db.PingContext(ctx)
+}
+
+// GetNative returns the wrapped *sql.DB
+func (p *ExistingDBProvider) GetNative() (*sql.DB, error) {
+	p.mu.RLock()
+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	if p.db == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("database connection is nil")
+	}
+
+	return p.db, nil
+}
+
+// GetMongo returns an error since this is a SQL database
+func (p *ExistingDBProvider) GetMongo() (*mongo.Client, error) {
+	return nil, ErrNotMongoDB
+}
+
+// Stats returns connection statistics
+func (p *ExistingDBProvider) Stats() *ConnectionStats {
+	p.mu.RLock()
+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	stats := &ConnectionStats{
+		Name:      p.name,
+		Type:      "sql", // Generic since we don't know the specific type
+		Connected: p.db != nil,
+	}
+
+	if p.db != nil {
+		dbStats := p.db.Stats()
+		stats.OpenConnections = dbStats.OpenConnections
+		stats.InUse = dbStats.InUse
+		stats.Idle = dbStats.Idle
+		stats.WaitCount = dbStats.WaitCount
+		stats.WaitDuration = dbStats.WaitDuration
+		stats.MaxIdleClosed = dbStats.MaxIdleClosed
+		stats.MaxLifetimeClosed = dbStats.MaxLifetimeClosed
+	}
+
+	return stats
+}
--- a/pkg/dbmanager/providers/existing_db_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dbmanager/providers/existing_db_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package providers
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+)
+
+func TestNewExistingDBProvider(t *testing.T) {
+	// Open a SQLite in-memory database
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	// Create provider
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(db, "test-db")
+	if provider == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected provider to be created")
+	}
+
+	if provider.name != "test-db" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected name 'test-db', got '%s'", provider.name)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExistingDBProvider_Connect(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(db, "test-db")
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Connect should verify the connection works
+	err = provider.Connect(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected Connect to succeed, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExistingDBProvider_Connect_NilDB(t *testing.T) {
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(nil, "test-db")
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	err := provider.Connect(ctx, nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected Connect to fail with nil database")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExistingDBProvider_GetNative(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(db, "test-db")
+
+	nativeDB, err := provider.GetNative()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected GetNative to succeed, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if nativeDB != db {
+		t.Error("Expected GetNative to return the same database instance")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExistingDBProvider_GetNative_NilDB(t *testing.T) {
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(nil, "test-db")
+
+	_, err := provider.GetNative()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected GetNative to fail with nil database")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExistingDBProvider_HealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(db, "test-db")
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	err = provider.HealthCheck(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected HealthCheck to succeed, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExistingDBProvider_HealthCheck_ClosedDB(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(db, "test-db")
+
+	// Close the database
+	db.Close()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	err = provider.HealthCheck(ctx)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected HealthCheck to fail with closed database")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExistingDBProvider_GetMongo(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(db, "test-db")
+
+	_, err = provider.GetMongo()
+	if err != ErrNotMongoDB {
+		t.Errorf("Expected ErrNotMongoDB, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExistingDBProvider_Stats(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	// Set some connection pool settings to test stats
+	db.SetMaxOpenConns(10)
+	db.SetMaxIdleConns(5)
+	db.SetConnMaxLifetime(time.Hour)
+
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(db, "test-db")
+
+	stats := provider.Stats()
+	if stats == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected stats to be returned")
+	}
+
+	if stats.Name != "test-db" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected stats.Name to be 'test-db', got '%s'", stats.Name)
+	}
+
+	if stats.Type != "sql" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected stats.Type to be 'sql', got '%s'", stats.Type)
+	}
+
+	if !stats.Connected {
+		t.Error("Expected stats.Connected to be true")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExistingDBProvider_Close(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(db, "test-db")
+
+	err = provider.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected Close to succeed, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify the database is closed
+	err = db.Ping()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected database to be closed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExistingDBProvider_Close_NilDB(t *testing.T) {
+	provider := NewExistingDBProvider(nil, "test-db")
+
+	err := provider.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected Close to succeed with nil database, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
--- a/pkg/funcspec/function_api.go
+++ b/pkg/funcspec/function_api.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"

+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
 	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/common"
 	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/logger"
 	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/restheadspec"
@@ -1099,9 +1101,25 @@ func normalizePostgresValue(value interface{}) interface{} {
 	case map[string]interface{}:
 		// Recursively normalize nested maps
 		return normalizePostgresTypes(v)
-
+	case string:
+		var jsonObj interface{}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(v), &jsonObj); err == nil {
+			// It's valid JSON, return as json.RawMessage so it's not double-encoded
+			return json.RawMessage(v)
+		}
+		return v
+	case uuid.UUID:
+		return v.String()
+	case time.Time:
+		return v.Format(time.RFC3339)
+	case bool, int, int8, int16, int32, int64, float32, float64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64:
+		return v
 	default:
-		// For other types (int, float, string, bool, etc.), return as-is
+		// For other types (int, float, bool, etc.), return as-is
+		// Check stringers
+		if str, ok := v.(fmt.Stringer); ok {
+			return str.String()
+		}
 		return v
 	}
 }
--- a/pkg/reflection/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/reflection/helpers.go
@@ -47,3 +47,20 @@ func ExtractTableNameOnly(fullName string) string {

 	return fullName[startIndex:]
 }
+
+// GetPointerElement returns the element type if the provided reflect.Type is a pointer.
+// If the type is a slice of pointers, it returns the element type of the pointer within the slice.
+// If neither condition is met, it returns the original type.
+func GetPointerElement(v reflect.Type) reflect.Type {
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		return v.Elem()
+	}
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Slice && v.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		subElem := v.Elem()
+		if subElem.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+			return subElem.Elem().Elem()
+		}
+		return v.Elem()
+	}
+	return v
+}
--- a/pkg/reflection/model_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/reflection/model_utils.go
@@ -584,11 +584,23 @@ func ExtractSourceColumn(colName string) string {
 }

 // ToSnakeCase converts a string from CamelCase to snake_case
+// Handles consecutive uppercase letters (acronyms) correctly:
+// "HTTPServer" -> "http_server", "UserID" -> "user_id", "MyHTTPServer" -> "my_http_server"
 func ToSnakeCase(s string) string {
 	var result strings.Builder
-	for i, r := range s {
+	runes := []rune(s)
+
+	for i, r := range runes {
 		if i > 0 && r >= 'A' && r <= 'Z' {
-			result.WriteRune('_')
+			// Add underscore if:
+			// 1. Previous character is lowercase, OR
+			// 2. Next character is lowercase (transition from acronym to word)
+			prevIsLower := runes[i-1] >= 'a' && runes[i-1] <= 'z'
+			nextIsLower := i+1 < len(runes) && runes[i+1] >= 'a' && runes[i+1] <= 'z'
+
+			if prevIsLower || nextIsLower {
+				result.WriteRune('_')
+			}
 		}
 		result.WriteRune(r)
 	}
@@ -936,32 +948,38 @@ func MapToStruct(dataMap map[string]interface{}, target interface{}) error {
 		// Build list of possible column names for this field
 		var columnNames []string

-		// 1. Bun tag
-		if bunTag := field.Tag.Get("bun"); bunTag != "" && bunTag != "-" {
-			if colName := ExtractColumnFromBunTag(bunTag); colName != "" {
-				columnNames = append(columnNames, colName)
-			}
-		}
-
-		// 2. Gorm tag
-		if gormTag := field.Tag.Get("gorm"); gormTag != "" && gormTag != "-" {
-			if colName := ExtractColumnFromGormTag(gormTag); colName != "" {
-				columnNames = append(columnNames, colName)
-			}
-		}
-
-		// 3. JSON tag
+		// 1. JSON tag (primary - most common)
+		jsonFound := false
 		if jsonTag := field.Tag.Get("json"); jsonTag != "" && jsonTag != "-" {
 			parts := strings.Split(jsonTag, ",")
 			if len(parts) > 0 && parts[0] != "" {
 				columnNames = append(columnNames, parts[0])
+				jsonFound = true
 			}
 		}

-		// 4. Field name variations
+		// 2. Bun tag (fallback if no JSON tag)
+		if !jsonFound {
+			if bunTag := field.Tag.Get("bun"); bunTag != "" && bunTag != "-" {
+				if colName := ExtractColumnFromBunTag(bunTag); colName != "" {
+					columnNames = append(columnNames, colName)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// 3. Gorm tag (fallback if no JSON tag)
+		if !jsonFound {
+			if gormTag := field.Tag.Get("gorm"); gormTag != "" && gormTag != "-" {
+				if colName := ExtractColumnFromGormTag(gormTag); colName != "" {
+					columnNames = append(columnNames, colName)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// 4. Field name variations (last resort)
 		columnNames = append(columnNames, field.Name)
 		columnNames = append(columnNames, strings.ToLower(field.Name))
-		columnNames = append(columnNames, ToSnakeCase(field.Name))
+		// columnNames = append(columnNames, ToSnakeCase(field.Name))

 		// Map all column name variations to this field index
 		for _, colName := range columnNames {
@@ -1067,7 +1085,7 @@ func setFieldValue(field reflect.Value, value interface{}) error {
 			case string:
 				field.SetBytes([]byte(v))
 				return nil
-			case map[string]interface{}, []interface{}:
+			case map[string]interface{}, []interface{}, []*any, map[string]*any:
 				// Marshal complex types to JSON for SqlJSONB fields
 				jsonBytes, err := json.Marshal(v)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -1077,6 +1095,17 @@ func setFieldValue(field reflect.Value, value interface{}) error {
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
+
+		// Handle slice-to-slice conversions (e.g., []interface{} to []*SomeModel)
+		if valueReflect.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+			return convertSlice(field, valueReflect)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If we can convert the type, do it
+	if valueReflect.Type().ConvertibleTo(field.Type()) {
+		field.Set(valueReflect.Convert(field.Type()))
+		return nil
 	}

 	// Handle struct types (like SqlTimeStamp, SqlDate, SqlTime which wrap SqlNull[time.Time])
@@ -1090,9 +1119,9 @@ func setFieldValue(field reflect.Value, value interface{}) error {
 				// Call the Scan method with the value
 				results := scanMethod.Call([]reflect.Value{reflect.ValueOf(value)})
 				if len(results) > 0 {
-					// Check if there was an error
-					if err, ok := results[0].Interface().(error); ok && err != nil {
-						return err
+					// The Scan method returns error - check if it's nil
+					if !results[0].IsNil() {
+						return results[0].Interface().(error)
 					}
 					return nil
 				}
@@ -1147,13 +1176,93 @@ func setFieldValue(field reflect.Value, value interface{}) error {

 	}

-	// If we can convert the type, do it
-	if valueReflect.Type().ConvertibleTo(field.Type()) {
-		field.Set(valueReflect.Convert(field.Type()))
-		return nil
+	return fmt.Errorf("cannot convert %v to %v", valueReflect.Type(), field.Type())
+}
+
+// convertSlice converts a source slice to a target slice type, handling element-wise conversions
+// Supports converting []interface{} to slices of structs or pointers to structs
+func convertSlice(targetSlice reflect.Value, sourceSlice reflect.Value) error {
+	if sourceSlice.Kind() != reflect.Slice || targetSlice.Kind() != reflect.Slice {
+		return fmt.Errorf("both source and target must be slices")
 	}

-	return fmt.Errorf("cannot convert %v to %v", valueReflect.Type(), field.Type())
+	// Get the element type of the target slice
+	targetElemType := targetSlice.Type().Elem()
+	sourceLen := sourceSlice.Len()
+
+	// Create a new slice with the same length as the source
+	newSlice := reflect.MakeSlice(targetSlice.Type(), sourceLen, sourceLen)
+
+	// Convert each element
+	for i := 0; i < sourceLen; i++ {
+		sourceElem := sourceSlice.Index(i)
+		targetElem := newSlice.Index(i)
+
+		// Get the actual value from the source element
+		var sourceValue interface{}
+		if sourceElem.CanInterface() {
+			sourceValue = sourceElem.Interface()
+		} else {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Handle nil elements
+		if sourceValue == nil {
+			// For pointer types, nil is valid
+			if targetElemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+				targetElem.Set(reflect.Zero(targetElemType))
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// If target element type is a pointer to struct, we need to create new instances
+		if targetElemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+			// Create a new instance of the pointed-to type
+			newElemPtr := reflect.New(targetElemType.Elem())
+
+			// Convert the source value to the struct
+			switch sv := sourceValue.(type) {
+			case map[string]interface{}:
+				// Source is a map, use MapToStruct to populate the new instance
+				if err := MapToStruct(sv, newElemPtr.Interface()); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert element %d: %w", i, err)
+				}
+			default:
+				// Try direct conversion or setFieldValue
+				if err := setFieldValue(newElemPtr.Elem(), sourceValue); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert element %d: %w", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			targetElem.Set(newElemPtr)
+		} else if targetElemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+			// Target element is a struct (not a pointer)
+			switch sv := sourceValue.(type) {
+			case map[string]interface{}:
+				// Use MapToStruct to populate the element
+				elemPtr := targetElem.Addr()
+				if elemPtr.CanInterface() {
+					if err := MapToStruct(sv, elemPtr.Interface()); err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert element %d: %w", i, err)
+					}
+				}
+			default:
+				// Try direct conversion
+				if err := setFieldValue(targetElem, sourceValue); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert element %d: %w", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			// For other types, use setFieldValue
+			if err := setFieldValue(targetElem, sourceValue); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert element %d: %w", i, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Set the converted slice to the target field
+	targetSlice.Set(newSlice)
+	return nil
 }

 // convertToInt64 attempts to convert various types to int64
--- a/pkg/reflection/model_utils_stdlib_sqltypes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reflection/model_utils_stdlib_sqltypes_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package reflection_test
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/reflection"
+)
+
+func TestMapToStruct_StandardSqlNullTypes(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test model with standard library sql.Null* types
+	type TestModel struct {
+		ID        int64           `bun:"id,pk" json:"id"`
+		Age       sql.NullInt64   `bun:"age" json:"age"`
+		Name      sql.NullString  `bun:"name" json:"name"`
+		Score     sql.NullFloat64 `bun:"score" json:"score"`
+		Active    sql.NullBool    `bun:"active" json:"active"`
+		UpdatedAt sql.NullTime    `bun:"updated_at" json:"updated_at"`
+	}
+
+	now := time.Now()
+	dataMap := map[string]any{
+		"id":         int64(100),
+		"age":        int64(25),
+		"name":       "John Doe",
+		"score":      95.5,
+		"active":     true,
+		"updated_at": now,
+	}
+
+	var result TestModel
+	err := reflection.MapToStruct(dataMap, &result)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MapToStruct() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify ID
+	if result.ID != 100 {
+		t.Errorf("ID = %v, want 100", result.ID)
+	}
+
+	// Verify Age (sql.NullInt64)
+	if !result.Age.Valid {
+		t.Error("Age.Valid = false, want true")
+	}
+	if result.Age.Int64 != 25 {
+		t.Errorf("Age.Int64 = %v, want 25", result.Age.Int64)
+	}
+
+	// Verify Name (sql.NullString)
+	if !result.Name.Valid {
+		t.Error("Name.Valid = false, want true")
+	}
+	if result.Name.String != "John Doe" {
+		t.Errorf("Name.String = %v, want 'John Doe'", result.Name.String)
+	}
+
+	// Verify Score (sql.NullFloat64)
+	if !result.Score.Valid {
+		t.Error("Score.Valid = false, want true")
+	}
+	if result.Score.Float64 != 95.5 {
+		t.Errorf("Score.Float64 = %v, want 95.5", result.Score.Float64)
+	}
+
+	// Verify Active (sql.NullBool)
+	if !result.Active.Valid {
+		t.Error("Active.Valid = false, want true")
+	}
+	if !result.Active.Bool {
+		t.Error("Active.Bool = false, want true")
+	}
+
+	// Verify UpdatedAt (sql.NullTime)
+	if !result.UpdatedAt.Valid {
+		t.Error("UpdatedAt.Valid = false, want true")
+	}
+	if !result.UpdatedAt.Time.Equal(now) {
+		t.Errorf("UpdatedAt.Time = %v, want %v", result.UpdatedAt.Time, now)
+	}
+
+	t.Log("All standard library sql.Null* types handled correctly!")
+}
+
+func TestMapToStruct_StandardSqlNullTypes_WithNil(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test nil handling for standard library sql.Null* types
+	type TestModel struct {
+		ID   int64          `bun:"id,pk" json:"id"`
+		Age  sql.NullInt64  `bun:"age" json:"age"`
+		Name sql.NullString `bun:"name" json:"name"`
+	}
+
+	dataMap := map[string]any{
+		"id":   int64(200),
+		"age":  int64(30),
+		"name": nil, // Explicitly nil
+	}
+
+	var result TestModel
+	err := reflection.MapToStruct(dataMap, &result)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MapToStruct() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Age should be valid
+	if !result.Age.Valid {
+		t.Error("Age.Valid = false, want true")
+	}
+	if result.Age.Int64 != 30 {
+		t.Errorf("Age.Int64 = %v, want 30", result.Age.Int64)
+	}
+
+	// Name should be invalid (null)
+	if result.Name.Valid {
+		t.Error("Name.Valid = true, want false (null)")
+	}
+
+	t.Log("Nil handling for sql.Null* types works correctly!")
+}
--- a/pkg/reflection/spectypes_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reflection/spectypes_integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+package reflection
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/spectypes"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// TestModel contains all spectypes custom types
+type TestModel struct {
+	ID        int64                    `bun:"id,pk" json:"id"`
+	Name      spectypes.SqlString      `bun:"name" json:"name"`
+	Age       spectypes.SqlInt64       `bun:"age" json:"age"`
+	Score     spectypes.SqlFloat64     `bun:"score" json:"score"`
+	Active    spectypes.SqlBool        `bun:"active" json:"active"`
+	UUID      spectypes.SqlUUID        `bun:"uuid" json:"uuid"`
+	CreatedAt spectypes.SqlTimeStamp   `bun:"created_at" json:"created_at"`
+	BirthDate spectypes.SqlDate        `bun:"birth_date" json:"birth_date"`
+	StartTime spectypes.SqlTime        `bun:"start_time" json:"start_time"`
+	Metadata  spectypes.SqlJSONB       `bun:"metadata" json:"metadata"`
+	Count16   spectypes.SqlInt16       `bun:"count16" json:"count16"`
+	Count32   spectypes.SqlInt32       `bun:"count32" json:"count32"`
+}
+
+// TestMapToStruct_AllSpectypes verifies that MapToStruct can convert all spectypes correctly
+func TestMapToStruct_AllSpectypes(t *testing.T) {
+	testUUID := uuid.New()
+	testTime := time.Now()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		dataMap   map[string]interface{}
+		validator func(*testing.T, *TestModel)
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "SqlString from string",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"name": "John Doe",
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.Name.Valid || m.Name.String() != "John Doe" {
+					t.Errorf("expected name='John Doe', got valid=%v, value=%s", m.Name.Valid, m.Name.String())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlInt64 from int64",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"age": int64(42),
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.Age.Valid || m.Age.Int64() != 42 {
+					t.Errorf("expected age=42, got valid=%v, value=%d", m.Age.Valid, m.Age.Int64())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlInt64 from string",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"age": "99",
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.Age.Valid || m.Age.Int64() != 99 {
+					t.Errorf("expected age=99, got valid=%v, value=%d", m.Age.Valid, m.Age.Int64())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlFloat64 from float64",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"score": float64(98.5),
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.Score.Valid || m.Score.Float64() != 98.5 {
+					t.Errorf("expected score=98.5, got valid=%v, value=%f", m.Score.Valid, m.Score.Float64())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlBool from bool",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"active": true,
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.Active.Valid || !m.Active.Bool() {
+					t.Errorf("expected active=true, got valid=%v, value=%v", m.Active.Valid, m.Active.Bool())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlUUID from string",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"uuid": testUUID.String(),
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.UUID.Valid || m.UUID.UUID() != testUUID {
+					t.Errorf("expected uuid=%s, got valid=%v, value=%s", testUUID.String(), m.UUID.Valid, m.UUID.UUID().String())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlTimeStamp from time.Time",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"created_at": testTime,
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.CreatedAt.Valid {
+					t.Errorf("expected created_at to be valid")
+				}
+				// Check if times are close enough (within a second)
+				diff := m.CreatedAt.Time().Sub(testTime)
+				if diff < -time.Second || diff > time.Second {
+					t.Errorf("time difference too large: %v", diff)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlTimeStamp from string",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00",
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.CreatedAt.Valid {
+					t.Errorf("expected created_at to be valid")
+				}
+				expected := time.Date(2024, 1, 15, 10, 30, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+				if m.CreatedAt.Time().Year() != expected.Year() ||
+					m.CreatedAt.Time().Month() != expected.Month() ||
+					m.CreatedAt.Time().Day() != expected.Day() {
+					t.Errorf("expected date 2024-01-15, got %v", m.CreatedAt.Time())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlDate from string",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"birth_date": "2000-05-20",
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.BirthDate.Valid {
+					t.Errorf("expected birth_date to be valid")
+				}
+				expected := "2000-05-20"
+				if m.BirthDate.String() != expected {
+					t.Errorf("expected date=%s, got %s", expected, m.BirthDate.String())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlTime from string",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"start_time": "14:30:00",
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.StartTime.Valid {
+					t.Errorf("expected start_time to be valid")
+				}
+				if m.StartTime.String() != "14:30:00" {
+					t.Errorf("expected time=14:30:00, got %s", m.StartTime.String())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlJSONB from map",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+					"key1": "value1",
+					"key2": 123,
+				},
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if len(m.Metadata) == 0 {
+					t.Errorf("expected metadata to have data")
+				}
+				asMap, err := m.Metadata.AsMap()
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("failed to convert metadata to map: %v", err)
+				}
+				if asMap["key1"] != "value1" {
+					t.Errorf("expected key1=value1, got %v", asMap["key1"])
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlJSONB from string",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"metadata": `{"test":"data"}`,
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if len(m.Metadata) == 0 {
+					t.Errorf("expected metadata to have data")
+				}
+				asMap, err := m.Metadata.AsMap()
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("failed to convert metadata to map: %v", err)
+				}
+				if asMap["test"] != "data" {
+					t.Errorf("expected test=data, got %v", asMap["test"])
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlJSONB from []byte",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"metadata": []byte(`{"byte":"array"}`),
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if len(m.Metadata) == 0 {
+					t.Errorf("expected metadata to have data")
+				}
+				if string(m.Metadata) != `{"byte":"array"}` {
+					t.Errorf("expected {\"byte\":\"array\"}, got %s", string(m.Metadata))
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlInt16 from int16",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"count16": int16(100),
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.Count16.Valid || m.Count16.Int64() != 100 {
+					t.Errorf("expected count16=100, got valid=%v, value=%d", m.Count16.Valid, m.Count16.Int64())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SqlInt32 from int32",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"count32": int32(5000),
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if !m.Count32.Valid || m.Count32.Int64() != 5000 {
+					t.Errorf("expected count32=5000, got valid=%v, value=%d", m.Count32.Valid, m.Count32.Int64())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "nil values create invalid nulls",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"name":       nil,
+				"age":        nil,
+				"active":     nil,
+				"created_at": nil,
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if m.Name.Valid {
+					t.Error("expected name to be invalid for nil value")
+				}
+				if m.Age.Valid {
+					t.Error("expected age to be invalid for nil value")
+				}
+				if m.Active.Valid {
+					t.Error("expected active to be invalid for nil value")
+				}
+				if m.CreatedAt.Valid {
+					t.Error("expected created_at to be invalid for nil value")
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "all types together",
+			dataMap: map[string]interface{}{
+				"id":         int64(1),
+				"name":       "Test User",
+				"age":        int64(30),
+				"score":      float64(95.7),
+				"active":     true,
+				"uuid":       testUUID.String(),
+				"created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00",
+				"birth_date": "1994-06-15",
+				"start_time": "09:00:00",
+				"metadata":   map[string]interface{}{"role": "admin"},
+				"count16":    int16(50),
+				"count32":    int32(1000),
+			},
+			validator: func(t *testing.T, m *TestModel) {
+				if m.ID != 1 {
+					t.Errorf("expected id=1, got %d", m.ID)
+				}
+				if !m.Name.Valid || m.Name.String() != "Test User" {
+					t.Errorf("expected name='Test User', got valid=%v, value=%s", m.Name.Valid, m.Name.String())
+				}
+				if !m.Age.Valid || m.Age.Int64() != 30 {
+					t.Errorf("expected age=30, got valid=%v, value=%d", m.Age.Valid, m.Age.Int64())
+				}
+				if !m.Score.Valid || m.Score.Float64() != 95.7 {
+					t.Errorf("expected score=95.7, got valid=%v, value=%f", m.Score.Valid, m.Score.Float64())
+				}
+				if !m.Active.Valid || !m.Active.Bool() {
+					t.Errorf("expected active=true, got valid=%v, value=%v", m.Active.Valid, m.Active.Bool())
+				}
+				if !m.UUID.Valid {
+					t.Error("expected uuid to be valid")
+				}
+				if !m.CreatedAt.Valid {
+					t.Error("expected created_at to be valid")
+				}
+				if !m.BirthDate.Valid || m.BirthDate.String() != "1994-06-15" {
+					t.Errorf("expected birth_date=1994-06-15, got valid=%v, value=%s", m.BirthDate.Valid, m.BirthDate.String())
+				}
+				if !m.StartTime.Valid || m.StartTime.String() != "09:00:00" {
+					t.Errorf("expected start_time=09:00:00, got valid=%v, value=%s", m.StartTime.Valid, m.StartTime.String())
+				}
+				if len(m.Metadata) == 0 {
+					t.Error("expected metadata to have data")
+				}
+				if !m.Count16.Valid || m.Count16.Int64() != 50 {
+					t.Errorf("expected count16=50, got valid=%v, value=%d", m.Count16.Valid, m.Count16.Int64())
+				}
+				if !m.Count32.Valid || m.Count32.Int64() != 1000 {
+					t.Errorf("expected count32=1000, got valid=%v, value=%d", m.Count32.Valid, m.Count32.Int64())
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			model := &TestModel{}
+			if err := MapToStruct(tt.dataMap, model); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("MapToStruct failed: %v", err)
+			}
+			tt.validator(t, model)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestMapToStruct_PartialUpdate tests that partial updates preserve unset fields
+func TestMapToStruct_PartialUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create initial model with some values
+	initial := &TestModel{
+		ID:   1,
+		Name: spectypes.NewSqlString("Original Name"),
+		Age:  spectypes.NewSqlInt64(25),
+	}
+
+	// Update only the age field
+	partialUpdate := map[string]interface{}{
+		"age": int64(30),
+	}
+
+	// Apply partial update
+	if err := MapToStruct(partialUpdate, initial); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MapToStruct failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify age was updated
+	if !initial.Age.Valid || initial.Age.Int64() != 30 {
+		t.Errorf("expected age=30, got valid=%v, value=%d", initial.Age.Valid, initial.Age.Int64())
+	}
+
+	// Verify name was preserved (not overwritten with zero value)
+	if !initial.Name.Valid || initial.Name.String() != "Original Name" {
+		t.Errorf("expected name='Original Name' to be preserved, got valid=%v, value=%s", initial.Name.Valid, initial.Name.String())
+	}
+
+	// Verify ID was preserved
+	if initial.ID != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected id=1 to be preserved, got %d", initial.ID)
+	}
+}
--- a/pkg/resolvespec/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/resolvespec/handler.go
@@ -701,97 +701,130 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, url
 		// Get the primary key name
 		pkName := reflection.GetPrimaryKeyName(model)

-		// First, read the existing record from the database
-		existingRecord := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(model).Elem()).Interface()
-		selectQuery := h.db.NewSelect().Model(existingRecord)
+		// Wrap in transaction to ensure BeforeUpdate hook is inside transaction
+		err := h.db.RunInTransaction(ctx, func(tx common.Database) error {
+			// First, read the existing record from the database
+			existingRecord := reflect.New(reflection.GetPointerElement(reflect.TypeOf(model))).Interface()
+			selectQuery := tx.NewSelect().Model(existingRecord).Column("*")

-		// Apply conditions to select
-		if urlID != "" {
-			logger.Debug("Updating by URL ID: %s", urlID)
-			selectQuery = selectQuery.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), urlID)
-		} else if reqID != nil {
-			switch id := reqID.(type) {
-			case string:
-				logger.Debug("Updating by request ID: %s", id)
-				selectQuery = selectQuery.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), id)
-			case []string:
-				if len(id) > 0 {
-					logger.Debug("Updating by multiple IDs: %v", id)
-					selectQuery = selectQuery.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s IN (?)", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), id)
+			// Apply conditions to select
+			if urlID != "" {
+				logger.Debug("Updating by URL ID: %s", urlID)
+				selectQuery = selectQuery.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), urlID)
+			} else if reqID != nil {
+				switch id := reqID.(type) {
+				case string:
+					logger.Debug("Updating by request ID: %s", id)
+					selectQuery = selectQuery.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), id)
+				case []string:
+					if len(id) > 0 {
+						logger.Debug("Updating by multiple IDs: %v", id)
+						selectQuery = selectQuery.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s IN (?)", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), id)
+					}
 				}
 			}
-		}

-		if err := selectQuery.ScanModel(ctx); err != nil {
-			if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
-				logger.Warn("No records found to update")
-				h.sendError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "not_found", "No records found to update", nil)
-				return
-			}
-			logger.Error("Error fetching existing record: %v", err)
-			h.sendError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "update_error", "Error fetching existing record", err)
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Convert existing record to map
-		existingMap := make(map[string]interface{})
-		jsonData, err := json.Marshal(existingRecord)
-		if err != nil {
-			logger.Error("Error marshaling existing record: %v", err)
-			h.sendError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "update_error", "Error processing existing record", err)
-			return
-		}
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(jsonData, &existingMap); err != nil {
-			logger.Error("Error unmarshaling existing record: %v", err)
-			h.sendError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "update_error", "Error processing existing record", err)
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Merge only non-null and non-empty values from the incoming request into the existing record
-		for key, newValue := range updates {
-			// Skip if the value is nil
-			if newValue == nil {
-				continue
+			if err := selectQuery.ScanModel(ctx); err != nil {
+				if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+					return fmt.Errorf("no records found to update")
+				}
+				return fmt.Errorf("error fetching existing record: %w", err)
 			}

-			// Skip if the value is an empty string
-			if strVal, ok := newValue.(string); ok && strVal == "" {
-				continue
+			// Convert existing record to map
+			existingMap := make(map[string]interface{})
+			jsonData, err := json.Marshal(existingRecord)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error marshaling existing record: %w", err)
+			}
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(jsonData, &existingMap); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error unmarshaling existing record: %w", err)
 			}

-			// Update the existing map with the new value
-			existingMap[key] = newValue
-		}
-
-		// Build update query with merged data
-		query := h.db.NewUpdate().Table(tableName).SetMap(existingMap)
-
-		// Apply conditions
-		if urlID != "" {
-			query = query.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), urlID)
-		} else if reqID != nil {
-			switch id := reqID.(type) {
-			case string:
-				query = query.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), id)
-			case []string:
-				query = query.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s IN (?)", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), id)
+			// Execute BeforeUpdate hooks inside transaction
+			hookCtx := &HookContext{
+				Context: ctx,
+				Handler: h,
+				Schema:  schema,
+				Entity:  entity,
+				Model:   model,
+				Options: options,
+				ID:      urlID,
+				Data:    updates,
+				Writer:  w,
+				Tx:      tx,
 			}
-		}

-		result, err := query.Exec(ctx)
+			if err := h.hooks.Execute(BeforeUpdate, hookCtx); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("BeforeUpdate hook failed: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			// Use potentially modified data from hook context
+			if modifiedData, ok := hookCtx.Data.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+				updates = modifiedData
+			}
+
+			// Merge only non-null and non-empty values from the incoming request into the existing record
+			for key, newValue := range updates {
+				// Skip if the value is nil
+				if newValue == nil {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// Skip if the value is an empty string
+				if strVal, ok := newValue.(string); ok && strVal == "" {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// Update the existing map with the new value
+				existingMap[key] = newValue
+			}
+
+			// Build update query with merged data
+			query := tx.NewUpdate().Table(tableName).SetMap(existingMap)
+
+			// Apply conditions
+			if urlID != "" {
+				query = query.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), urlID)
+			} else if reqID != nil {
+				switch id := reqID.(type) {
+				case string:
+					query = query.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), id)
+				case []string:
+					query = query.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s IN (?)", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), id)
+				}
+			}
+
+			result, err := query.Exec(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error updating record(s): %w", err)
+			}
+
+			if result.RowsAffected() == 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("no records found to update")
+			}
+
+			// Execute AfterUpdate hooks inside transaction
+			hookCtx.Result = updates
+			hookCtx.Error = nil
+			if err := h.hooks.Execute(AfterUpdate, hookCtx); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("AfterUpdate hook failed: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		})
+
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Error("Update error: %v", err)
-			h.sendError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "update_error", "Error updating record(s)", err)
+			if err.Error() == "no records found to update" {
+				h.sendError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "not_found", "No records found to update", err)
+			} else {
+				h.sendError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "update_error", "Error updating record(s)", err)
+			}
 			return
 		}

-		if result.RowsAffected() == 0 {
-			logger.Warn("No records found to update")
-			h.sendError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "not_found", "No records found to update", nil)
-			return
-		}
-
-		logger.Info("Successfully updated %d records", result.RowsAffected())
+		logger.Info("Successfully updated record(s)")
 		// Invalidate cache for this table
 		cacheTags := buildCacheTags(schema, tableName)
 		if err := invalidateCacheForTags(ctx, cacheTags); err != nil {
@@ -849,9 +882,11 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, url
 		err := h.db.RunInTransaction(ctx, func(tx common.Database) error {
 			for _, item := range updates {
 				if itemID, ok := item["id"]; ok {
+					itemIDStr := fmt.Sprintf("%v", itemID)
+
 					// First, read the existing record
-					existingRecord := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(model).Elem()).Interface()
-					selectQuery := tx.NewSelect().Model(existingRecord).Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), itemID)
+					existingRecord := reflect.New(reflection.GetPointerElement(reflect.TypeOf(model))).Interface()
+					selectQuery := tx.NewSelect().Model(existingRecord).Column("*").Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), itemID)
 					if err := selectQuery.ScanModel(ctx); err != nil {
 						if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
 							continue // Skip if record not found
@@ -869,6 +904,29 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, url
 						return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal existing record: %w", err)
 					}

+					// Execute BeforeUpdate hooks inside transaction
+					hookCtx := &HookContext{
+						Context: ctx,
+						Handler: h,
+						Schema:  schema,
+						Entity:  entity,
+						Model:   model,
+						Options: options,
+						ID:      itemIDStr,
+						Data:    item,
+						Writer:  w,
+						Tx:      tx,
+					}
+
+					if err := h.hooks.Execute(BeforeUpdate, hookCtx); err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("BeforeUpdate hook failed for ID %v: %w", itemID, err)
+					}
+
+					// Use potentially modified data from hook context
+					if modifiedData, ok := hookCtx.Data.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+						item = modifiedData
+					}
+
 					// Merge only non-null and non-empty values
 					for key, newValue := range item {
 						if newValue == nil {
@@ -884,6 +942,13 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, url
 					if _, err := txQuery.Exec(ctx); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
+
+					// Execute AfterUpdate hooks inside transaction
+					hookCtx.Result = item
+					hookCtx.Error = nil
+					if err := h.hooks.Execute(AfterUpdate, hookCtx); err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("AfterUpdate hook failed for ID %v: %w", itemID, err)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			return nil
@@ -957,9 +1022,11 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, url
 			for _, item := range updates {
 				if itemMap, ok := item.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
 					if itemID, ok := itemMap["id"]; ok {
+						itemIDStr := fmt.Sprintf("%v", itemID)
+
 						// First, read the existing record
-						existingRecord := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(model).Elem()).Interface()
-						selectQuery := tx.NewSelect().Model(existingRecord).Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), itemID)
+						existingRecord := reflect.New(reflection.GetPointerElement(reflect.TypeOf(model))).Interface()
+						selectQuery := tx.NewSelect().Model(existingRecord).Column("*").Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), itemID)
 						if err := selectQuery.ScanModel(ctx); err != nil {
 							if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
 								continue // Skip if record not found
@@ -977,6 +1044,29 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, url
 							return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal existing record: %w", err)
 						}

+						// Execute BeforeUpdate hooks inside transaction
+						hookCtx := &HookContext{
+							Context: ctx,
+							Handler: h,
+							Schema:  schema,
+							Entity:  entity,
+							Model:   model,
+							Options: options,
+							ID:      itemIDStr,
+							Data:    itemMap,
+							Writer:  w,
+							Tx:      tx,
+						}
+
+						if err := h.hooks.Execute(BeforeUpdate, hookCtx); err != nil {
+							return fmt.Errorf("BeforeUpdate hook failed for ID %v: %w", itemID, err)
+						}
+
+						// Use potentially modified data from hook context
+						if modifiedData, ok := hookCtx.Data.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+							itemMap = modifiedData
+						}
+
 						// Merge only non-null and non-empty values
 						for key, newValue := range itemMap {
 							if newValue == nil {
@@ -992,6 +1082,14 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, url
 						if _, err := txQuery.Exec(ctx); err != nil {
 							return err
 						}
+
+						// Execute AfterUpdate hooks inside transaction
+						hookCtx.Result = itemMap
+						hookCtx.Error = nil
+						if err := h.hooks.Execute(AfterUpdate, hookCtx); err != nil {
+							return fmt.Errorf("AfterUpdate hook failed for ID %v: %w", itemID, err)
+						}
+
 						list = append(list, item)
 					}
 				}
@@ -1453,30 +1551,7 @@ func isNullable(field reflect.StructField) bool {

 // GetRelationshipInfo implements common.RelationshipInfoProvider interface
 func (h *Handler) GetRelationshipInfo(modelType reflect.Type, relationName string) *common.RelationshipInfo {
-	info := h.getRelationshipInfo(modelType, relationName)
-	if info == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	// Convert internal type to common type
-	return &common.RelationshipInfo{
-		FieldName:    info.fieldName,
-		JSONName:     info.jsonName,
-		RelationType: info.relationType,
-		ForeignKey:   info.foreignKey,
-		References:   info.references,
-		JoinTable:    info.joinTable,
-		RelatedModel: info.relatedModel,
-	}
-}
-
-type relationshipInfo struct {
-	fieldName    string
-	jsonName     string
-	relationType string // "belongsTo", "hasMany", "hasOne", "many2many"
-	foreignKey   string
-	references   string
-	joinTable    string
-	relatedModel interface{}
+	return common.GetRelationshipInfo(modelType, relationName)
 }

 func (h *Handler) applyPreloads(model interface{}, query common.SelectQuery, preloads []common.PreloadOption) (common.SelectQuery, error) {
@@ -1496,7 +1571,7 @@ func (h *Handler) applyPreloads(model interface{}, query common.SelectQuery, pre
 	for idx := range preloads {
 		preload := preloads[idx]
 		logger.Debug("Processing preload for relation: %s", preload.Relation)
-		relInfo := h.getRelationshipInfo(modelType, preload.Relation)
+		relInfo := common.GetRelationshipInfo(modelType, preload.Relation)
 		if relInfo == nil {
 			logger.Warn("Relation %s not found in model", preload.Relation)
 			continue
@@ -1504,7 +1579,7 @@ func (h *Handler) applyPreloads(model interface{}, query common.SelectQuery, pre

 		// Use the field name (capitalized) for ORM preloading
 		// ORMs like GORM and Bun expect the struct field name, not the JSON name
-		relationFieldName := relInfo.fieldName
+		relationFieldName := relInfo.FieldName

 		// Validate and fix WHERE clause to ensure it contains the relation prefix
 		if len(preload.Where) > 0 {
@@ -1547,13 +1622,13 @@ func (h *Handler) applyPreloads(model interface{}, query common.SelectQuery, pre
 				copy(columns, preload.Columns)

 				// Add foreign key if not already present
-				if relInfo.foreignKey != "" {
+				if relInfo.ForeignKey != "" {
 					// Convert struct field name (e.g., DepartmentID) to snake_case (e.g., department_id)
-					foreignKeyColumn := toSnakeCase(relInfo.foreignKey)
+					foreignKeyColumn := toSnakeCase(relInfo.ForeignKey)

 					hasForeignKey := false
 					for _, col := range columns {
-						if col == foreignKeyColumn || col == relInfo.foreignKey {
+						if col == foreignKeyColumn || col == relInfo.ForeignKey {
 							hasForeignKey = true
 							break
 						}
@@ -1599,58 +1674,6 @@ func (h *Handler) applyPreloads(model interface{}, query common.SelectQuery, pre
 	return query, nil
 }

-func (h *Handler) getRelationshipInfo(modelType reflect.Type, relationName string) *relationshipInfo {
-	// Ensure we have a struct type
-	if modelType == nil || modelType.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
-		logger.Warn("Cannot get relationship info from non-struct type: %v", modelType)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < modelType.NumField(); i++ {
-		field := modelType.Field(i)
-		jsonTag := field.Tag.Get("json")
-		jsonName := strings.Split(jsonTag, ",")[0]
-
-		if jsonName == relationName {
-			gormTag := field.Tag.Get("gorm")
-			info := &relationshipInfo{
-				fieldName: field.Name,
-				jsonName:  jsonName,
-			}
-
-			// Parse GORM tag to determine relationship type and keys
-			if strings.Contains(gormTag, "foreignKey") {
-				info.foreignKey = h.extractTagValue(gormTag, "foreignKey")
-				info.references = h.extractTagValue(gormTag, "references")
-
-				// Determine if it's belongsTo or hasMany/hasOne
-				if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
-					info.relationType = "hasMany"
-				} else if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
-					info.relationType = "belongsTo"
-				}
-			} else if strings.Contains(gormTag, "many2many") {
-				info.relationType = "many2many"
-				info.joinTable = h.extractTagValue(gormTag, "many2many")
-			}
-
-			return info
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (h *Handler) extractTagValue(tag, key string) string {
-	parts := strings.Split(tag, ";")
-	for _, part := range parts {
-		part = strings.TrimSpace(part)
-		if strings.HasPrefix(part, key+":") {
-			return strings.TrimPrefix(part, key+":")
-		}
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // toSnakeCase converts a PascalCase or camelCase string to snake_case
 func toSnakeCase(s string) string {
 	var result strings.Builder
--- a/pkg/resolvespec/handler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resolvespec/handler_test.go
@@ -269,8 +269,6 @@ func TestToSnakeCase(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestExtractTagValue(t *testing.T) {
-	handler := NewHandler(nil, nil)
-
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
 		tag      string
@@ -311,9 +309,9 @@ func TestExtractTagValue(t *testing.T) {

 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			result := handler.extractTagValue(tt.tag, tt.key)
+			result := common.ExtractTagValue(tt.tag, tt.key)
 			if result != tt.expected {
-				t.Errorf("extractTagValue(%q, %q) = %q, expected %q", tt.tag, tt.key, result, tt.expected)
+				t.Errorf("ExtractTagValue(%q, %q) = %q, expected %q", tt.tag, tt.key, result, tt.expected)
 			}
 		})
 	}
--- a/pkg/resolvespec/resolvespec.go
+++ b/pkg/resolvespec/resolvespec.go
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ func SetupMuxRoutes(muxRouter *mux.Router, handler *Handler, authMiddleware Midd
 	openAPIHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		corsConfig := common.DefaultCORSConfig()
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
 		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
+
 		handler.HandleOpenAPI(respAdapter, reqAdapter)
 	})
 	muxRouter.Handle("/openapi", openAPIHandler).Methods("GET", "OPTIONS")
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ func createMuxHandler(handler *Handler, schema, entity, idParam string) http.Han
 		// Set CORS headers
 		corsConfig := common.DefaultCORSConfig()
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)

 		vars := make(map[string]string)
 		vars["schema"] = schema
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ func createMuxHandler(handler *Handler, schema, entity, idParam string) http.Han
 		if idParam != "" {
 			vars["id"] = mux.Vars(r)[idParam]
 		}
-		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+
 		handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, vars)
 	}
 }
@@ -117,7 +119,8 @@ func createMuxGetHandler(handler *Handler, schema, entity, idParam string) http.
 		// Set CORS headers
 		corsConfig := common.DefaultCORSConfig()
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)

 		vars := make(map[string]string)
 		vars["schema"] = schema
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ func createMuxGetHandler(handler *Handler, schema, entity, idParam string) http.
 		if idParam != "" {
 			vars["id"] = mux.Vars(r)[idParam]
 		}
-		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+
 		handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, vars)
 	}
 }
@@ -137,13 +140,14 @@ func createMuxOptionsHandler(handler *Handler, schema, entity string, allowedMet
 		corsConfig := common.DefaultCORSConfig()
 		corsConfig.AllowedMethods = allowedMethods
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)

 		// Return metadata in the OPTIONS response body
 		vars := make(map[string]string)
 		vars["schema"] = schema
 		vars["entity"] = entity
-		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+
 		handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, vars)
 	}
 }
@@ -222,15 +226,16 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 	// Add global /openapi route
 	r.Handle("GET", "/openapi", func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
 		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 		handler.HandleOpenAPI(respAdapter, reqAdapter)
 		return nil
 	})

 	r.Handle("OPTIONS", "/openapi", func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 		return nil
 	})

@@ -253,12 +258,13 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// POST route without ID
 		r.Handle("POST", entityPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+
 			handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -266,13 +272,14 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// POST route with ID
 		r.Handle("POST", entityWithIDPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 				"id":     req.Param("id"),
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+
 			handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -280,12 +287,13 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// GET route without ID
 		r.Handle("GET", entityPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+
 			handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -293,13 +301,14 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// GET route with ID
 		r.Handle("GET", entityWithIDPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 				"id":     req.Param("id"),
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+
 			handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -307,14 +316,15 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// OPTIONS route without ID (returns metadata)
 		r.Handle("OPTIONS", entityPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
 			optionsCorsConfig := corsConfig
 			optionsCorsConfig.AllowedMethods = []string{"GET", "POST", "OPTIONS"}
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, optionsCorsConfig)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, optionsCorsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+
 			handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -322,14 +332,15 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// OPTIONS route with ID (returns metadata)
 		r.Handle("OPTIONS", entityWithIDPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
 			optionsCorsConfig := corsConfig
 			optionsCorsConfig.AllowedMethods = []string{"POST", "OPTIONS"}
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, optionsCorsConfig)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, optionsCorsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(req.Request)
+
 			handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
--- a/pkg/restheadspec/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/restheadspec/handler.go
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ func (h *Handler) applyPreloadWithRecursion(query common.SelectQuery, preload co
 			// Apply ComputedQL fields if any
 			if len(preload.ComputedQL) > 0 {
 				// Get the base table name from the related model
-				baseTableName := getTableNameFromModel(relatedModel)
+				baseTableName := common.GetTableNameFromModel(relatedModel)

 				// Convert the preload relation path to the appropriate alias format
 				// This is ORM-specific. Currently we only support Bun's format.
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ func (h *Handler) applyPreloadWithRecursion(query common.SelectQuery, preload co
 					underlyingType := fmt.Sprintf("%T", h.db.GetUnderlyingDB())
 					if strings.Contains(underlyingType, "bun.DB") {
 						// Use Bun's alias format: lowercase with double underscores
-						preloadAlias = relationPathToBunAlias(preload.Relation)
+						preloadAlias = common.RelationPathToBunAlias(preload.Relation)
 					}
 					// For GORM: GORM doesn't use the same alias format, and this fix
 					// may not be needed since GORM handles preloads differently
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ func (h *Handler) applyPreloadWithRecursion(query common.SelectQuery, preload co
 					// levels of recursive/nested preloads
 					adjustedExpr := colExpr
 					if baseTableName != "" && preloadAlias != "" {
-						adjustedExpr = replaceTableReferencesInSQL(colExpr, baseTableName, preloadAlias)
+						adjustedExpr = common.ReplaceTableReferencesInSQL(colExpr, baseTableName, preloadAlias)
 						if adjustedExpr != colExpr {
 							logger.Debug("Adjusted computed column expression for %s: '%s' -> '%s'",
 								colName, colExpr, adjustedExpr)
@@ -903,73 +903,6 @@ func (h *Handler) applyPreloadWithRecursion(query common.SelectQuery, preload co
 	return query
 }

-// relationPathToBunAlias converts a relation path like "MAL.MAL.DEF" to the Bun alias format "mal__mal__def"
-// Bun generates aliases for nested relations by lowercasing and replacing dots with double underscores
-func relationPathToBunAlias(relationPath string) string {
-	if relationPath == "" {
-		return ""
-	}
-	// Convert to lowercase and replace dots with double underscores
-	alias := strings.ToLower(relationPath)
-	alias = strings.ReplaceAll(alias, ".", "__")
-	return alias
-}
-
-// replaceTableReferencesInSQL replaces references to a base table name in a SQL expression
-// with the appropriate alias for the current preload level
-// For example, if baseTableName is "mastertaskitem" and targetAlias is "mal__mal",
-// it will replace "mastertaskitem.rid_mastertaskitem" with "mal__mal.rid_mastertaskitem"
-func replaceTableReferencesInSQL(sqlExpr, baseTableName, targetAlias string) string {
-	if sqlExpr == "" || baseTableName == "" || targetAlias == "" {
-		return sqlExpr
-	}
-
-	// Replace both quoted and unquoted table references
-	// Handle patterns like: tablename.column, "tablename".column, tablename."column", "tablename"."column"
-
-	// Pattern 1: tablename.column (unquoted)
-	result := strings.ReplaceAll(sqlExpr, baseTableName+".", targetAlias+".")
-
-	// Pattern 2: "tablename".column or "tablename"."column" (quoted table name)
-	result = strings.ReplaceAll(result, "\""+baseTableName+"\".", "\""+targetAlias+"\".")
-
-	return result
-}
-
-// getTableNameFromModel extracts the table name from a model
-// It checks the bun tag first, then falls back to converting the struct name to snake_case
-func getTableNameFromModel(model interface{}) string {
-	if model == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	modelType := reflect.TypeOf(model)
-
-	// Unwrap pointers
-	for modelType != nil && modelType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-		modelType = modelType.Elem()
-	}
-
-	if modelType == nil || modelType.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	// Look for bun tag on embedded BaseModel
-	for i := 0; i < modelType.NumField(); i++ {
-		field := modelType.Field(i)
-		if field.Anonymous {
-			bunTag := field.Tag.Get("bun")
-			if strings.HasPrefix(bunTag, "table:") {
-				return strings.TrimPrefix(bunTag, "table:")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Fallback: convert struct name to lowercase (simple heuristic)
-	// This handles cases like "MasterTaskItem" -> "mastertaskitem"
-	return strings.ToLower(modelType.Name())
-}
-
 func (h *Handler) handleCreate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, data interface{}, options ExtendedRequestOptions) {
 	// Capture panics and return error response
 	defer func() {
@@ -1177,30 +1110,6 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, id

 	logger.Info("Updating record in %s.%s", schema, entity)

-	// Execute BeforeUpdate hooks
-	hookCtx := &HookContext{
-		Context:   ctx,
-		Handler:   h,
-		Schema:    schema,
-		Entity:    entity,
-		TableName: tableName,
-		Tx:        h.db,
-		Model:     model,
-		Options:   options,
-		ID:        id,
-		Data:      data,
-		Writer:    w,
-	}
-
-	if err := h.hooks.Execute(BeforeUpdate, hookCtx); err != nil {
-		logger.Error("BeforeUpdate hook failed: %v", err)
-		h.sendError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "hook_error", "Hook execution failed", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Use potentially modified data from hook context
-	data = hookCtx.Data
-
 	// Convert data to map
 	dataMap, ok := data.(map[string]interface{})
 	if !ok {
@@ -1234,14 +1143,17 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, id
 	// Variable to store the updated record
 	var updatedRecord interface{}

+	// Declare hook context to be used inside and outside transaction
+	var hookCtx *HookContext
+
 	// Process nested relations if present
 	err := h.db.RunInTransaction(ctx, func(tx common.Database) error {
 		// Create temporary nested processor with transaction
 		txNestedProcessor := common.NewNestedCUDProcessor(tx, h.registry, h)

 		// First, read the existing record from the database
-		existingRecord := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(model).Elem()).Interface()
-		selectQuery := tx.NewSelect().Model(existingRecord).Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), targetID)
+		existingRecord := reflect.New(reflection.GetPointerElement(reflect.TypeOf(model))).Interface()
+		selectQuery := tx.NewSelect().Model(existingRecord).Column("*").Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), targetID)
 		if err := selectQuery.ScanModel(ctx); err != nil {
 			if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
 				return fmt.Errorf("record not found with ID: %v", targetID)
@@ -1271,6 +1183,30 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, id
 			nestedRelations = relations
 		}

+		// Execute BeforeUpdate hooks inside transaction
+		hookCtx = &HookContext{
+			Context:   ctx,
+			Handler:   h,
+			Schema:    schema,
+			Entity:    entity,
+			TableName: tableName,
+			Tx:        tx,
+			Model:     model,
+			Options:   options,
+			ID:        id,
+			Data:      dataMap,
+			Writer:    w,
+		}
+
+		if err := h.hooks.Execute(BeforeUpdate, hookCtx); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("BeforeUpdate hook failed: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// Use potentially modified data from hook context
+		if modifiedData, ok := hookCtx.Data.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+			dataMap = modifiedData
+		}
+
 		// Merge only non-null and non-empty values from the incoming request into the existing record
 		for key, newValue := range dataMap {
 			// Skip if the value is nil
@@ -1294,9 +1230,7 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, id
 		// Populate model instance from dataMap to preserve custom types (like SqlJSONB)
 		// Get the type of the model, handling both pointer and non-pointer types
 		modelType := reflect.TypeOf(model)
-		if modelType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-			modelType = modelType.Elem()
-		}
+		modelType = reflection.GetPointerElement(modelType)
 		modelInstance := reflect.New(modelType).Interface()
 		if err := reflection.MapToStruct(dataMap, modelInstance); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to populate model from data: %w", err)
@@ -1600,9 +1534,7 @@ func (h *Handler) handleDelete(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, id

 	// First, fetch the record that will be deleted
 	modelType := reflect.TypeOf(model)
-	if modelType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-		modelType = modelType.Elem()
-	}
+	modelType = reflection.GetPointerElement(modelType)
 	recordToDelete := reflect.New(modelType).Interface()

 	selectQuery := h.db.NewSelect().Model(recordToDelete).Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), id)
@@ -2574,10 +2506,10 @@ func (h *Handler) filterExtendedOptions(validator *common.ColumnValidator, optio
 		filteredExpand := expand

 		// Get the relationship info for this expand relation
-		relInfo := h.getRelationshipInfo(modelType, expand.Relation)
-		if relInfo != nil && relInfo.relatedModel != nil {
+		relInfo := common.GetRelationshipInfo(modelType, expand.Relation)
+		if relInfo != nil && relInfo.RelatedModel != nil {
 			// Create a validator for the related model
-			expandValidator := common.NewColumnValidator(relInfo.relatedModel)
+			expandValidator := common.NewColumnValidator(relInfo.RelatedModel)
 			// Filter columns using the related model's validator
 			filteredExpand.Columns = expandValidator.FilterValidColumns(expand.Columns)

@@ -2654,110 +2586,7 @@ func (h *Handler) shouldUseNestedProcessor(data map[string]interface{}, model in

 // GetRelationshipInfo implements common.RelationshipInfoProvider interface
 func (h *Handler) GetRelationshipInfo(modelType reflect.Type, relationName string) *common.RelationshipInfo {
-	info := h.getRelationshipInfo(modelType, relationName)
-	if info == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	// Convert internal type to common type
-	return &common.RelationshipInfo{
-		FieldName:    info.fieldName,
-		JSONName:     info.jsonName,
-		RelationType: info.relationType,
-		ForeignKey:   info.foreignKey,
-		References:   info.references,
-		JoinTable:    info.joinTable,
-		RelatedModel: info.relatedModel,
-	}
-}
-
-type relationshipInfo struct {
-	fieldName    string
-	jsonName     string
-	relationType string // "belongsTo", "hasMany", "hasOne", "many2many"
-	foreignKey   string
-	references   string
-	joinTable    string
-	relatedModel interface{}
-}
-
-func (h *Handler) getRelationshipInfo(modelType reflect.Type, relationName string) *relationshipInfo {
-	// Ensure we have a struct type
-	if modelType == nil || modelType.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
-		logger.Warn("Cannot get relationship info from non-struct type: %v", modelType)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < modelType.NumField(); i++ {
-		field := modelType.Field(i)
-		jsonTag := field.Tag.Get("json")
-		jsonName := strings.Split(jsonTag, ",")[0]
-
-		if jsonName == relationName {
-			gormTag := field.Tag.Get("gorm")
-			info := &relationshipInfo{
-				fieldName: field.Name,
-				jsonName:  jsonName,
-			}
-
-			// Parse GORM tag to determine relationship type and keys
-			if strings.Contains(gormTag, "foreignKey") {
-				info.foreignKey = h.extractTagValue(gormTag, "foreignKey")
-				info.references = h.extractTagValue(gormTag, "references")
-
-				// Determine if it's belongsTo or hasMany/hasOne
-				if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
-					info.relationType = "hasMany"
-					// Get the element type for slice
-					elemType := field.Type.Elem()
-					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-						elemType = elemType.Elem()
-					}
-					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
-						info.relatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
-					}
-				} else if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
-					info.relationType = "belongsTo"
-					elemType := field.Type
-					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-						elemType = elemType.Elem()
-					}
-					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
-						info.relatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
-					}
-				}
-			} else if strings.Contains(gormTag, "many2many") {
-				info.relationType = "many2many"
-				info.joinTable = h.extractTagValue(gormTag, "many2many")
-				// Get the element type for many2many (always slice)
-				if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
-					elemType := field.Type.Elem()
-					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-						elemType = elemType.Elem()
-					}
-					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
-						info.relatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
-					}
-				}
-			} else {
-				// Field has no GORM relationship tags, so it's not a relation
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			return info
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (h *Handler) extractTagValue(tag, key string) string {
-	parts := strings.Split(tag, ";")
-	for _, part := range parts {
-		part = strings.TrimSpace(part)
-		if strings.HasPrefix(part, key+":") {
-			return strings.TrimPrefix(part, key+":")
-		}
-	}
-	return ""
+	return common.GetRelationshipInfo(modelType, relationName)
 }

 // HandleOpenAPI generates and returns the OpenAPI specification
--- a/pkg/restheadspec/headers.go
+++ b/pkg/restheadspec/headers.go
@@ -354,6 +354,12 @@ func (h *Handler) parseSearchOp(options *ExtendedRequestOptions, headerKey, valu
 	operator := parts[0]
 	colName := parts[1]

+	if strings.HasPrefix(colName, "cql") {
+		// Computed column - Will not filter on it
+		logger.Warn("Search operators on computed columns are not supported: %s", colName)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Map operator names to filter operators
 	filterOp := h.mapSearchOperator(colName, operator, value)

--- a/pkg/restheadspec/restheadspec.go
+++ b/pkg/restheadspec/restheadspec.go
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ func SetupMuxRoutes(muxRouter *mux.Router, handler *Handler, authMiddleware Midd
 	openAPIHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		corsConfig := common.DefaultCORSConfig()
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
 		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
+
 		handler.HandleOpenAPI(respAdapter, reqAdapter)
 	})
 	muxRouter.Handle("/openapi", openAPIHandler).Methods("GET", "OPTIONS")
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ func createMuxHandler(handler *Handler, schema, entity, idParam string) http.Han
 		// Set CORS headers
 		corsConfig := common.DefaultCORSConfig()
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)

 		vars := make(map[string]string)
 		vars["schema"] = schema
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ func createMuxHandler(handler *Handler, schema, entity, idParam string) http.Han
 		if idParam != "" {
 			vars["id"] = mux.Vars(r)[idParam]
 		}
-		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+
 		handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, vars)
 	}
 }
@@ -180,7 +182,8 @@ func createMuxGetHandler(handler *Handler, schema, entity, idParam string) http.
 		// Set CORS headers
 		corsConfig := common.DefaultCORSConfig()
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)

 		vars := make(map[string]string)
 		vars["schema"] = schema
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ func createMuxGetHandler(handler *Handler, schema, entity, idParam string) http.
 		if idParam != "" {
 			vars["id"] = mux.Vars(r)[idParam]
 		}
-		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+
 		handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, vars)
 	}
 }
@@ -200,13 +203,14 @@ func createMuxOptionsHandler(handler *Handler, schema, entity string, allowedMet
 		corsConfig := common.DefaultCORSConfig()
 		corsConfig.AllowedMethods = allowedMethods
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)

 		// Return metadata in the OPTIONS response body
 		vars := make(map[string]string)
 		vars["schema"] = schema
 		vars["entity"] = entity
-		reqAdapter := router.NewHTTPRequest(r)
+
 		handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, vars)
 	}
 }
@@ -285,15 +289,8 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 	// Add global /openapi route
 	r.Handle("GET", "/openapi", func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
 		reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
-		handler.HandleOpenAPI(respAdapter, reqAdapter)
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	r.Handle("OPTIONS", "/openapi", func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
-		respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+		common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 		return nil
 	})

@@ -317,24 +314,26 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// GET and POST for /{schema}/{entity}
 		r.Handle("GET", entityPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+
 			handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})

 		r.Handle("POST", entityPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+
 			handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -342,65 +341,70 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE for /{schema}/{entity}/:id
 		r.Handle("GET", entityWithIDPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 				"id":     req.Param("id"),
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+
 			handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})

 		r.Handle("POST", entityWithIDPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 				"id":     req.Param("id"),
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+
 			handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})

 		r.Handle("PUT", entityWithIDPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 				"id":     req.Param("id"),
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+
 			handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})

 		r.Handle("PATCH", entityWithIDPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 				"id":     req.Param("id"),
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+
 			handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})

 		r.Handle("DELETE", entityWithIDPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 				"id":     req.Param("id"),
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+
 			handler.Handle(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -408,12 +412,13 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// Metadata endpoint
 		r.Handle("GET", metadataPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, corsConfig)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, corsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+
 			handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -421,14 +426,15 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// OPTIONS route without ID (returns metadata)
 		r.Handle("OPTIONS", entityPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
 			optionsCorsConfig := corsConfig
 			optionsCorsConfig.AllowedMethods = []string{"GET", "POST", "OPTIONS"}
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, optionsCorsConfig)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, optionsCorsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+
 			handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -436,14 +442,15 @@ func SetupBunRouterRoutes(r BunRouterHandler, handler *Handler) {
 		// OPTIONS route with ID (returns metadata)
 		r.Handle("OPTIONS", entityWithIDPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req bunrouter.Request) error {
 			respAdapter := router.NewHTTPResponseWriter(w)
+			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
 			optionsCorsConfig := corsConfig
 			optionsCorsConfig.AllowedMethods = []string{"GET", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE", "POST", "OPTIONS"}
-			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, optionsCorsConfig)
+			common.SetCORSHeaders(respAdapter, reqAdapter, optionsCorsConfig)
 			params := map[string]string{
 				"schema": currentSchema,
 				"entity": currentEntity,
 			}
-			reqAdapter := router.NewBunRouterRequest(req)
+
 			handler.HandleGet(respAdapter, reqAdapter, params)
 			return nil
 		})
--- a/pkg/restheadspec/restheadspec_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restheadspec/restheadspec_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package restheadspec

 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/common"
 )

 func TestParseModelName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -112,3 +114,88 @@ func TestNewStandardBunRouter(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Expected router to be created, got nil")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestExtractTagValue(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		tag      string
+		key      string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "Extract existing key",
+			tag:      "json:name;validate:required",
+			key:      "json",
+			expected: "name",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Extract key with spaces",
+			tag:      "json:name ; validate:required",
+			key:      "validate",
+			expected: "required",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Extract key at end",
+			tag:      "json:name;validate:required;db:column_name",
+			key:      "db",
+			expected: "column_name",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Extract key at beginning",
+			tag:      "primary:true;json:id;db:user_id",
+			key:      "primary",
+			expected: "true",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Key not found",
+			tag:      "json:name;validate:required",
+			key:      "db",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Empty tag",
+			tag:      "",
+			key:      "json",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Single key-value pair",
+			tag:      "json:name",
+			key:      "json",
+			expected: "name",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Key with empty value",
+			tag:      "json:;validate:required",
+			key:      "json",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Key with complex value",
+			tag:      "json:user_name,omitempty;validate:required,min=3",
+			key:      "json",
+			expected: "user_name,omitempty",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Multiple semicolons",
+			tag:      "json:name;;validate:required",
+			key:      "validate",
+			expected: "required",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "BUN Tag",
+			tag:      "rel:has-many,join:rid_hub=rid_hub_child",
+			key:      "join",
+			expected: "rid_hub=rid_hub_child",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := common.ExtractTagValue(tt.tag, tt.key)
+			if result != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("ExtractTagValue(%q, %q) = %q; want %q", tt.tag, tt.key, result, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
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