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Work with PostgreSQL in Encore.ts using SQLDatabase from encore.dev/storage/sqldb — schema migrations and SQL queries.
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import { SQLDatabase } from "encore.dev/storage/sqldb";
const db = new SQLDatabase("mydb", {
migrations: "./migrations",
});Encore provides several query methods:
query - Multiple RowsReturns an async iterator for multiple rows:
interface User {
id: string;
email: string;
name: string;
}
const rows = await db.query<User>`
SELECT id, email, name FROM users WHERE active = true
`;
const users: User[] = [];
for await (const row of rows) {
users.push(row);
}queryAll - All Rows as ArrayReturns all rows as an array (convenience wrapper around query):
const users = await db.queryAll<User>`
SELECT id, email, name FROM users WHERE active = true
`;
// users is User[]queryRow - Single RowReturns one row or null:
const user = await db.queryRow<User>`
SELECT id, email, name FROM users WHERE id = ${userId}
`;
if (!user) {
throw APIError.notFound("user not found");
}exec - No Return ValueFor INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE operations:
await db.exec`
INSERT INTO users (id, email, name)
VALUES (${id}, ${email}, ${name})
`;
await db.exec`
UPDATE users SET name = ${newName} WHERE id = ${id}
`;
await db.exec`
DELETE FROM users WHERE id = ${id}
`;Use raw SQL strings with positional parameters ($1, $2, etc.) instead of template literals:
// Raw query returning multiple rows
const rows = await db.rawQuery<User>("SELECT * FROM users WHERE active = $1", true);
// Raw query returning single row
const user = await db.rawQueryRow<User>("SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = $1", userId);
// Raw query returning all rows as array
const users = await db.rawQueryAll<User>("SELECT * FROM users WHERE role = $1", "admin");
// Raw exec for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE
await db.rawExec("INSERT INTO users (id, email) VALUES ($1, $2)", id, email);Reference a database owned by another service using SQLDatabase.named():
import { SQLDatabase } from "encore.dev/storage/sqldb";
// In the service that owns the database
const db = new SQLDatabase("shared-db", {
migrations: "./migrations",
});
// In another service that needs access
const sharedDb = SQLDatabase.named("shared-db");
// Now you can query the shared database
const user = await sharedDb.queryRow<User>`SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ${id}`;service/
└── migrations/
├── 001_create_users.up.sql
├── 002_add_posts.up.sql
└── 003_add_indexes.up.sql.up.sql-- migrations/001_create_users.up.sql
CREATE TABLE users (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
email TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT NOW()
);
CREATE INDEX idx_users_email ON users(email);// db.ts
import { SQLDatabase } from "encore.dev/storage/sqldb";
import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/node-postgres";
const db = new SQLDatabase("mydb", {
migrations: {
path: "migrations",
source: "drizzle",
},
});
export const orm = drizzle(db.connectionString);// schema.ts
import * as p from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
export const users = p.pgTable("users", {
id: p.uuid().primaryKey().defaultRandom(),
email: p.text().unique().notNull(),
name: p.text().notNull(),
createdAt: p.timestamp().defaultNow(),
});// drizzle.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from "drizzle-kit";
export default defineConfig({
out: "migrations",
schema: "schema.ts",
dialect: "postgresql",
});Generate migrations: drizzle-kit generate
import { orm } from "./db";
import { users } from "./schema";
import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
// Select
const allUsers = await orm.select().from(users);
const user = await orm.select().from(users).where(eq(users.id, id));
// Insert
await orm.insert(users).values({ email, name });
// Update
await orm.update(users).set({ name }).where(eq(users.id, id));
// Delete
await orm.delete(users).where(eq(users.id, id));Encore’s template literals automatically escape values:
// SAFE - values are parameterized
const email = "user@example.com";
await db.queryRow`SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = ${email}`;
// WRONG - SQL injection risk
await db.queryRow(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = '${email}'`);query<User>, queryRow<User>queryRow when expecting 0 or 1 resultquery with async iteration for multiple rowsInstall this repository
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