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Drizzle <> OP SQLite

According to the official github page, OP-SQLite embeds the latest version of SQLite and provides a low-level API to execute SQL queries.

npm
yarn
pnpm
bun
npm i drizzle-orm @op-engineering/op-sqlite
npm i -D drizzle-kit
import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/op-sqlite";
import { open } from '@op-engineering/op-sqlite';

const opsqlite = open({
  name: 'myDB',
});
const db = drizzle(opsqlite);

await db.select().from(users);

You can use Drizzle Kit for SQL migration generation.
Please make sure to check how Drizzle Kit migrations work before proceeding.
OP SQLite requires you to have SQL migrations bundled into the app and we’ve got you covered.

Install babel plugin

It’s necessary to bundle SQL migration files as string directly to your bundle.

npm install babel-plugin-inline-import

Update config files.

You will need to update babel.config.js, metro.config.js and drizzle.config.ts files

babel.config.js
module.exports = {
  presets: ['module:@react-native/babel-preset'],
  plugins: [
    [
      'inline-import',
      {
        extensions: ['.sql'],
      },
    ],
  ],
};
metro.config.js
const { getDefaultConfig } = require('@react-native/metro-config');

const config = getDefaultConfig(__dirname);

config.resolver.sourceExts.push('sql');

module.exports = config;

Make sure to have dialect: 'sqlite' and driver: 'expo' in Drizzle Kit config

drizzle.config.ts
import type { Config } from 'drizzle-kit';

export default {
  schema: './db/schema.ts',
  out: './drizzle',
  dialect: 'sqlite',
  driver: 'expo', // <--- very important
} satisfies Config;

Generate migrations

After creating SQL schema file and drizzle.config.ts file, you can generate migrations

npx drizzle-kit generate

Add migrations to your app

Now you need to import migrations.js file into your Expo/React Native app from ./drizzle folder. You can run migrations on application startup using our custom useMigrations migrations hook on in useEffect hook manually as you want.

App.tsx
import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/op-sqlite";
import { open } from '@op-engineering/op-sqlite';
import { useMigrations } from 'drizzle-orm/op-sqlite/migrator';
import migrations from './drizzle/migrations';

const opsqliteDb = open({
  name: 'myDB',
});

const db = drizzle(opsqliteDb);

export default function App() {
  const { success, error } = useMigrations(db, migrations);

  if (error) {
    return (
      <View>
        <Text>Migration error: {error.message}</Text>
      </View>
    );
  }

  if (!success) {
    return (
      <View>
        <Text>Migration is in progress...</Text>
      </View>
    );
  }

  return ...your application component;
}