Trying to generate a short id via a random string function

Hi everyone, In my schema I have:

id: uuid('id').primaryKey().defaultRandom().unique().notNull(),

id: uuid('id').primaryKey().defaultRandom().unique().notNull(),

I now want to add a shortId field, which will use something like:

shortId: unique().notNull(),

shortId: unique().notNull(),

Which would use this:

export function generateRandomString(length: number) {
  const characters =
    'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
  let result = '';

  for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * characters.length);
    result += characters.charAt(randomIndex);
  }

  return result;
}

export function generateRandomString(length: number) {
  const characters =
    'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
  let result = '';

  for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * characters.length);
    result += characters.charAt(randomIndex);
  }

  return result;
}

So that I can have a shortId string generated each time, much like the normal uuid for the id field.

13 Replies

Angelelz•15mo ago

So what is your question?

cobiteOP•15mo ago

Hey! I want the shortId to use the generateRandomString function to populate when a new item for that schema is generated on the database.

Angelelz•15mo ago

Drizzle introduced the $default() method on the column definitions that accepts a javascript function that should return the value that you want to insert as default

Angelelz•15mo ago

https://orm.drizzle.team/docs/column-types/pg#default-value

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Angelelz•15mo ago

This is exactly what you're looking for

cobiteOP•15mo ago

Thank you, I will try that now, I assume it's something along the lines of:

shortId: varchar('shortId').default(generateRandomString(7)).unique().notNull(),

shortId: varchar('shortId').default(generateRandomString(7)).unique().notNull(),

Angelelz•15mo ago

Be careful, it's .$default not .default .default() only accepts SQL it's the default at database level

cobiteOP•15mo ago

hmm when I try $default I get:

Property '$default' does not exist on type 'PgVarcharBuilderInitial<"shortId", [string, ...string[]]>'. Did you mean 'default'?

Property '$default' does not exist on type 'PgVarcharBuilderInitial<"shortId", [string, ...string[]]>'. Did you mean 'default'?

Angelelz•15mo ago

You need the newer versions of drizzle

cobiteOP•15mo ago

thanks! Going to try the following now:

  shortId: varchar('shortId')
    .$defaultFn(() => generateRandomString(7))
    .unique()
    .notNull(),

  shortId: varchar('shortId')
    .$defaultFn(() => generateRandomString(7))
    .unique()
    .notNull(),

Just a side question, since updating, the following is deprecated:

export type Post = InferModel<typeof posts>;

export type Post = InferModel<typeof posts>;

 have tried export type Post = typeof posts;

 have tried export type Post = typeof posts;

But it shows too much data (the whole PgTable):

Angelelz•15mo ago

Take a look at the docs: https://orm.drizzle.team/docs/goodies

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cobiteOP•15mo ago

I so have trouble with the search functionality on the documentation. I've searched for inferselectmodel and infermodel before I asked etc but nothing shows. Just wondering if the search isn't great, or if it's something on my side.

Angelelz•15mo ago

You might be onto something. In this case it's kinda hard to get to that page. You have to know what you're looking for

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