Add `all()` extension to load all rows

drift/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 - Add `isExp`, `isValue`, `isNotExp` and `isNotValue` methods to `Expression`
   to generate the `IS` operator in SQL.
+- Add `all()` extension on tables and views to quickly query all rows.
 
 ## 2.4.2
 

drift/lib/src/runtime/query_builder/on_table.dart

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ import 'package:drift/drift.dart';
 /// tables or views.
 extension TableOrViewStatements<Tbl extends HasResultSet, Row>
     on ResultSetImplementation<Tbl, Row> {
+  /// Selects all rows that are in this table.
+  ///
+  /// The returned [Selectable] can be run once as a future with [Selectable.get]
+  /// or as an auto-updating stream with [Selectable.watch].
+  Selectable<Row> all() {
+    return select();
+  }
+
   /// Composes a `SELECT` statement on the captured table or view.
   ///
   /// This is equivalent to calling [DatabaseConnectionUser.select].

drift/test/integration_tests/select_integration_test.dart

@@ -43,4 +43,11 @@ void main() {
         const TodoWithCategoryViewData(
             description: 'category description', title: 'title'));
   });
+
+  test('all()', () async {
+    final user = await db.users.insertReturning(
+        UsersCompanion.insert(name: 'Test user', profilePicture: Uint8List(0)));
+
+    expect(await db.users.all().get(), [user]);
+  });
 }