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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Stefan Majewsky <majewsky@gmx.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package pgruntime_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+
+	"go.xyrillian.de/gg/errext"
+	"go.xyrillian.de/gg/gsql"
+)
+
+// Convenience function for executing a one-off SQL query returning no rows.
+// TODO: move to gsql
+func execQuery(ctx context.Context, db gsql.Handle, query string, args []any) (sql.Result, error) {
+	stmt, err := db.GSQLPrepare(ctx, query, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	result, err := stmt.Exec(ctx, args)
+	return result, errext.WithCleanup(err, "stmt.Close", stmt.Close())
+}
+
+// Convenience function for executing a one-off SQL query returning one row.
+func queryRow(ctx context.Context, db gsql.Handle, query string, args, slots []any) error {
+	stmt, err := db.GSQLPrepare(ctx, query, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = stmt.QueryRow(ctx, args, slots)
+	return errext.WithCleanup(err, "stmt.Close", stmt.Close())
+}
+
+// Convenience function for executing a one-off SQL query returning one value.
+// TODO: move to gsql
+func selectOneValue[T any](ctx context.Context, db gsql.Handle, query string, args ...any) (T, error) {
+	stmt, err := db.GSQLPrepare(ctx, query, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		var none T
+		return none, err
+	}
+
+	var result T
+	err = stmt.QueryRow(ctx, args, []any{&result})
+	return result, errext.WithCleanup(err, "stmt.Close", stmt.Close())
+}