Drizzle Team•4mo ago

db.insert(Table).values() gives TypeScript error "Object literal may only specify known properties"

Before I begin, let me clarify I am suuuper new to Drizzle! Loving it so far! Not sure if I should provide repro just yet (happy to later), but I am getting an issue where my table which currently is:

export const PostsTable = pgTable("posts", {
  id,
  ...timestamps,
  title: varchar("title", { length: 255 }).notNull(),
  description: varchar("description", { length: 5_000 }).notNull(),
  authorId: uuid("authorId")
    .references(() => UsersTable.id)
    .notNull()
});

export const PostsTable = pgTable("posts", {
  id,
  ...timestamps,
  title: varchar("title", { length: 255 }).notNull(),
  description: varchar("description", { length: 5_000 }).notNull(),
  authorId: uuid("authorId")
    .references(() => UsersTable.id)
    .notNull()
});

Is giving me this a long typescript error for the values method that basically boils down to this: Object literal may only specify known properties, and authorId does not exist in type ... When I run:

await db.insert(PostsTable).values({
  authorId: req.user.userId,
  description: formData.description,
  fileId: dbFile!.fileId,
  title: formData.title
});

await db.insert(PostsTable).values({
  authorId: req.user.userId,
  description: formData.description,
  fileId: dbFile!.fileId,
  title: formData.title
});

I feel like I am missing something basic, but I am scratching my head a bit! 😅 I have been able to successfully use the values method with no problems with very similar other tables. Thanks so much

1 Reply

Jack•4mo ago

I fixed it... One second after asking. I accidentally had fileId in the insert, which trips it up. The error says authorId in addition to some other fields which confused me!

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db.insert(Table).values() gives TypeScript error "Object literal may only specify known properties"