Drizzle <> MySQL

To use Drizzle with a MySQL database, you should use the mysql2 driver

According to the official website, mysql2 is a MySQL client for Node.js with focus on performance.

Drizzle ORM natively supports mysql2 with drizzle-orm/mysql2 package.

Step 1 - Install packages

npm

yarn

pnpm

bun

npm i drizzle-orm mysql2
npm i -D drizzle-kit

yarn add drizzle-orm mysql2
yarn add -D drizzle-kit

pnpm add drizzle-orm mysql2
pnpm add -D drizzle-kit

bun add drizzle-orm mysql2
bun add -D drizzle-kit

Step 2 - Initialize the driver and make a query

mysql2

mysql with config

import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/mysql2";

const db = drizzle(process.env.DATABASE_URL);

const response = await db.select().from(...)

import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/mysql2";

// You can specify any property from the mysql2 connection options
const db = drizzle({ connection:{ uri: process.env.DATABASE_URL }});

const response = await db.select().from(...)

If you need to provide your existing driver:

Client connection

Pool connection

import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/mysql2";
import mysql from "mysql2/promise";

const connection = await mysql.createConnection({
  host: "host",
  user: "user",
  database: "database",
  ...
});

const db = drizzle({ client: connection });

import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/mysql2";
import mysql from "mysql2/promise";

const poolConnection = mysql.createPool({
  host: "host",
  user: "user",
  database: "database",
  ...
});

const db = drizzle({ client: poolConnection });

IMPORTANT

For the built in migrate function with DDL migrations we and drivers strongly encourage you to use single client connection.

For querying purposes feel free to use either client or pool based on your business demands.

What’s next?

Manage schema

Drizzle Schema PostgreSQL data types Indexes and Constraints Database Views Database Schemas Sequences Extensions

Query data

Relational Queries Select Insert Update Delete Filters Joins sql`` operator