broke out the generation of the sideboxes

database/sidebox.go

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+/*
+ * Amsterdam Web Communities System
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Erbosoft Metaverse Design Solutions, All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+// The database package contains database management and storage logic.
+package database
+
+type Sidebox struct {
+	Uid      int32   `db:"uid"`
+	Boxid    int32   `db:"boxid"`
+	Sequence int32   `db:"sequence"`
+	Param    *string `db:"param"`
+}
+
+/* AmGetSideboxes returns all the configured sideboxes for a user.
+ * Parameters:
+ *     uid = The ID of the user to retrieve sideboxes for.
+ * Returns:
+ *	   Array of Sidebox structures for the user, or nil
+ *     Standard Go error status
+ */
+func AmGetSideboxes(uid int32) ([]*Sidebox, error) {
+	stmt, err := amdb.Preparex("SELECT * FROM sideboxes WHERE uid = ? ORDER BY SEQUENCE")
+	if err == nil {
+		defer stmt.Close()
+		rows, err := stmt.Queryx(uid)
+		if err == nil {
+			defer rows.Close()
+			sboxes := make([]*Sidebox, 0, 3)
+			for i := 0; rows.Next(); i++ {
+				box := Sidebox{}
+				rows.StructScan(&box)
+				sboxes = append(sboxes, &box)
+			}
+			if rows.Err() == nil {
+				return sboxes, nil
+			}
+			return nil, rows.Err()
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, err
+}