Database

Drizzle

Connecting with Drizzle

Drizzle ORM is a TypeScript ORM for SQL databases designed with maximum type safety in mind. You can use their ORM to connect to your database.

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Install

Install Drizzle and related dependencies.

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npm i drizzle-orm postgresnpm i -D drizzle-kit
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Create your models

Create a schema.ts file and define your models.

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import { pgTable, serial, text, varchar } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";export const users = pgTable('users', {  id: serial('id').primaryKey(),  fullName: text('full_name'),  phone: varchar('phone', { length: 256 }),});
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Connect

Connect to your database using the Connection Pooler.

In your Database Settings, make sure Use connection pooler is checked, then copy the URI and save it as the DATABASE_URL environment variable. Remember to replace the password placeholder with your actual database password.

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import 'dotenv/config'import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js'import postgres from 'postgres'const connectionString = process.env.DATABASE_URL// Disable prefetch as it is not supported for "Transaction" pool modeexport const client = postgres(connectionString, { prepare: false })export const db = drizzle(client);