Indexes & Constraints

Constraints

SQL constraints are the rules enforced on table columns. They are used to prevent invalid data from being entered into the database.

This ensures the accuracy and reliability of your data in the database.

Default

The DEFAULT clause specifies a default value to use for the column if no value provided by the user when doing an INSERT. If there is no explicit DEFAULT clause attached to a column definition, then the default value of the column is NULL.

An explicit DEFAULT clause may specify that the default value is NULL, a string constant, a blob constant, a signed-number, or any constant expression enclosed in parentheses.

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite 
import { sql } from "drizzle-orm";
import { integer, uuid, pgTable } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

const table = pgTable('table', {
  integer1: integer('integer1').default(42),
  integer2: integer('integer2').default(sql`'42'::integer`),
  uuid1: uuid('uuid1').defaultRandom(),
  uuid2: uuid('uuid2').default(sql`gen_random_uuid()`),
});
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "table" (
  "integer1" integer DEFAULT 42,
  "integer2" integer DEFAULT '42'::integer,
  "uuid1" uuid DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  "uuid2" uuid DEFAULT gen_random_uuid()
);
import { sql } from "drizzle-orm";
import { int, time, mysqlTable } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";

const table = mysqlTable("table", {
  int: int("int").default(42),
  time: time("time").default(sql`cast("14:06:10" AS TIME)`),
});
CREATE TABLE `table` (
  `int` int DEFAULT 42,
  `time` time DEFAULT cast("14:06:10" AS TIME)
);
import { sql } from "drizzle-orm";
import { integer, sqliteTable } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";

const table = sqliteTable('table', {
  int1: integer('int1').default(42),
  int2: integer('int2').default(sql`(abs(42))`)
});
CREATE TABLE `table` (
  `int1` integer DEFAULT 42
  `int2` integer DEFAULT (abs(42))
);

Not null

By default, a column can hold NULL values. The NOT NULL constraint enforces a column to NOT accept NULL values.

This enforces a field to always contain a value, which means that you cannot insert a new record, or update a record without adding a value to this field.

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite 
import { integer, pgTable } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

const table = pgTable('table', {
  integer: integer('integer').notNull(),
});
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "table" (
  "integer" integer NOT NULL,
);
import { int, mysqlTable } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";

const table = mysqlTable('table', {
  int: int('int').notNull(),
});
CREATE TABLE `table` (
  `int` int NOT NULL,
);
const table = sqliteTable('table', { 
  numInt: integer('numInt').notNull() 
});
CREATE TABLE table (
  `numInt` integer NOT NULL
);

Unique

The UNIQUE constraint ensures that all values in a column are different.

Both the UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY constraints provide a guarantee for uniqueness for a column or set of columns.

A PRIMARY KEY constraint automatically has a UNIQUE constraint.

ℹ️

You can have many UNIQUE constraints per table, but only one PRIMARY KEY constraint per table.

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite 
import { integer, text, unique, pgTable } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

export const user = pgTable('user', {
  id: integer('id').unique(),
});

export const table = pgTable('table', {
  id: integer('id').unique('custom_name'),
});

export const composite = pgTable('composite_example', {
  id: integer('id'),
  name: text('name'),
}, (t) => ({
  unq: unique().on(t.id, t.name),
  unq2: unique('custom_name').on(t.id, t.name)
}));

// In Postgres 15.0+ NULLS NOT DISTINCT is available
// This example demonstrates both available usages
export const userNulls = pgTable('user_nulls_example', {
  id: integer('id').unique("custom_name", { nulls: 'not distinct' }),
}, (t) => ({
  unq: unique().on(t.id).nullsNotDistinct()
}));
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "composite_example" (
  "id" integer,
  "name" text,
  CONSTRAINT "composite_example_id_name_unique" UNIQUE("id","name"),
  CONSTRAINT "custom_name" UNIQUE("id","name")
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "table" (
  "id" integer,
  CONSTRAINT "custom_name" UNIQUE("id")
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "user" (
  "id" integer,
  CONSTRAINT "user_id_unique" UNIQUE("id")
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "user_nulls_example" (
  "id" integer,
  CONSTRAINT "custom_name" UNIQUE NULLS NOT DISTINCT("id"),
  CONSTRAINT "user_nulls_example_id_unique" UNIQUE NULLS NOT DISTINCT("id")
);
import { int, varchar, unique, mysqlTable } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";

export const user = mysqlTable('user', {
  id: int('id').unique(),
});

export const table = mysqlTable('table', {
  id: int('id').unique('custom_name'),
});

export const composite = mysqlTable('composite_example', {
  id: int('id'),
  name: varchar('name', { length: 256 }),
}, (t) => ({
  unq: unique().on(t.id, t.name),
  unq2: unique('custom_name').on(t.id, t.name)
}));
CREATE TABLE `user` (
  `id` int,
  CONSTRAINT `user_id_unique` UNIQUE(`id`)
);

CREATE TABLE `table` (
  `id` int,
  CONSTRAINT `custom_name` UNIQUE(`id`)
);

CREATE TABLE `composite_example` (
  `id` int,
  `name` varchar(256),
  CONSTRAINT `composite_example_id_name_unique` UNIQUE(`id`,`name`),
  CONSTRAINT `custom_name` UNIQUE(`id`,`name`)
);
import { int, text, unique, sqliteTable } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";

export const user = sqliteTable('user', {
  id: int('id').unique(),
});

export const table = sqliteTable('table', {
  id: int('id').unique('custom_name'),
});

export const composite = sqliteTable('composite_example', {
  id: int('id'),
  name: text('name'),
}, (t) => ({
  unq: unique().on(t.id, t.name),
  unq2: unique('custom_name').on(t.id, t.name)
}));
CREATE TABLE `user` (
    `id` integer
);

CREATE TABLE `table` (
  `id` integer
);

CREATE TABLE `composite_example` (
  `id` integer,
  `name` text
);

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX `composite_example_id_name_unique` ON `composite_example` (`id`,`name`);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX `custom_name` ON `composite_example` (`id`,`name`);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX `custom_name` ON `table` (`id`);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX `user_id_unique` ON `user` (`id`);

Check

The CHECK constraint is used to limit the value range that can be placed in a column.

If you define a CHECK constraint on a column it will allow only certain values for this column.

If you define a CHECK constraint on a table it can limit the values in certain columns based on values in other columns in the row.

🛑

NOT YET IMPLEMENTED IN DRIZZLE ORM

Primary Key

The PRIMARY KEY constraint uniquely identifies each record in a table.
Primary keys must contain UNIQUE values, and cannot contain NULL values.

A table can have only ONE primary key; and in the table, this primary key can consist of single or multiple columns (fields).

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite 
import { serial, text, pgTable } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

const user = pgTable('user', {
  id: serial('id').primaryKey(),
});

const table = pgTable('table', {
  id: text('cuid').primaryKey(),
});
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "user" (
  "id" serial PRIMARY KEY,
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "table" (
  "cuid" text PRIMARY KEY,
);
import { int, text, mysqlTable } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";

export const user = mysqlTable("user", {
  id: int("id").autoincrement().primaryKey(),
})

export const table = mysqlTable("table", {
  cuid: text("cuid").primaryKey(),
})
CREATE TABLE `user` (
  `id` int AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE `table` (
  `cuid` text PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
);
import { integer, sqliteTable } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";

export const user = sqliteTable("user", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey(),
})

export const pet = sqliteTable("pet", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey(),
})
CREATE TABLE `user` (
    `id` integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE `pet` (
    `id` integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT
)

Composite Primary Key

Just like PRIMARY KEY, composite primary key uniquely identifies each record in a table using multiple fields.

Drizzle ORM provides a standalone primaryKey operator for that:

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite 
import { serial, text, integer, primaryKey, pgTable } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

export const user = pgTable("user", {
  id: serial("id").primaryKey(),
  name: text("name"),
});

export const book = pgTable("book", {
  id: serial("id").primaryKey(),
  name: text("name"),
});

export const booksToAuthors = pgTable("books_to_authors", {
  authorId: integer("author_id"),
  bookId: integer("book_id"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    pk: primaryKey({ columns: [table.bookId, table.authorId] }),
    pkWithCustomName: primaryKey({ name: 'custom_name', columns: [table.bookId, table.authorId] }),
  };
});
...

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "books_to_authors" (
  "author_id" integer,
  "book_id" integer,
  PRIMARY KEY("book_id","author_id"),
);

ALTER TABLE "books_to_authors" ADD CONSTRAINT "custom_name" PRIMARY KEY("book_id","author_id");
import { int, text, primaryKey, mysqlTable } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";

export const user = mysqlTable("user", {
  id: int("id").autoincrement().primaryKey(),
  name: text("name"),
});

export const book = mysqlTable("book", {
  id: int("id").autoincrement().primaryKey(),
  name: text("name"),
});

export const booksToAuthors = mysqlTable("books_to_authors", {
  authorId: int("author_id"),
  bookId: int("book_id"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    pk: primaryKey({ columns: [table.bookId, table.authorId] }),
    pkWithCustomName: primaryKey({ name: 'custom_name', columns: [table.bookId, table.authorId] }),
  };
});
...

CREATE TABLE `books_to_authors` (
  `author_id` int,
  `book_id` int,
  PRIMARY KEY(`book_id`,`author_id`)
);
import { integer, text, primaryKey, sqliteTable} from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";

export const user = sqliteTable("user", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
  name: text("name"),
});

export const book = sqliteTable("book", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
  name: text("name"),
});

export const bookToAuthor = sqliteTable("book_to_author", {
  authorId: integer("author_id"),
  bookId: integer("book_id"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    pk: primaryKey({ columns: [table.bookId, table.authorId] }),
    pkWithCustomName: primaryKey({ name: 'custom_name', columns: [table.bookId, table.authorId] }),
  };
});
...

CREATE TABLE `book_to_author` (
  `author_id` integer,
  `book_id` integer,
  PRIMARY KEY(`book_id`, `author_id`)
);

Foreign key

The FOREIGN KEY constraint is used to prevent actions that would destroy links between tables. A FOREIGN KEY is a field (or collection of fields) in one table, that refers to the PRIMARY KEY in another table. The table with the foreign key is called the child table, and the table with the primary key is called the referenced or parent table.

Drizzle ORM provides several ways to declare foreign keys. You can declare them in a column declaration statement:

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite 
import { serial, text, integer, pgTable } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

export const user = pgTable("user", {
  id: serial("id"),
  name: text("name"),
});

export const book = pgTable("book", {
  id: serial("id"),
  name: text("name"),
  authorId: integer("author_id").references(() => user.id)
});
import { int, text, mysqlTable } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";

export const user = mysqlTable("user", {
  id: int("id").primaryKey().autoincrement(),
  name: text("name"),
});

export const book = mysqlTable("book", {
  id: int("id").primaryKey().autoincrement(),
  name: text("name"),
  authorId: int("author_id").references(() => user.id)
});
import { integer, text, sqliteTable } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";

export const user = sqliteTable("user", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
  name: text("name"),
});

export const book = sqliteTable("book", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
  name: text("name"),
  authorId: integer("author_id").references(() => user.id)
});

If you want to do a self reference, due to a TypeScript limitations you will have to either explicitly set return type for reference callback or user a standalone foreignKey operator.

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite 
import { serial, text, integer, foreignKey, pgTable, AnyPgColumn } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

export const user = pgTable("user", {
  id: serial("id"),
  name: text("name"),
  parentId: integer("parent_id").references((): AnyPgColumn => user.id)
});

// or
export const user = pgTable("user", {
  id: serial("id"),
  name: text("name"),
  parentId: integer("parent_id"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    parentReference: foreignKey({
      columns: [table.parentId],
      foreignColumns: [table.id],
      name: "custom_fk"
    }),
  };
});
import { int, text, foreignKey, AnyMySqlColumn, mysqlTable } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";

export const user = mysqlTable("user", {
  id: int("id").primaryKey().autoincrement(),
  name: text("name"),
  parentId: int("parent_id").references((): AnyMySqlColumn => user.id),
});

// or
export const user = mysqlTable("user", {
  id: int("id").primaryKey().autoincrement(),
  name: text("name"),
  parentId: int("parent_id")
}, (table) => {
  return {
    parentReference: foreignKey({
      columns: [table.parentId],
      foreignColumns: [table.id],
      name: "custom_fk"
    }),
  };
});
import { integer, text, foreignKey, sqliteTable, AnySQLiteColumn } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";

export const user = sqliteTable("user", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
  name: text("name"),
  parentId: integer("parent_id").references((): AnySQLiteColumn => user.id)
});

//or
export const user = sqliteTable("user", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
  name: text("name"),
  parentId: integer("parent_id"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    parentReference: foreignKey(() => ({
      columns: [table.parentId],
      foreignColumns: [table.id],
      name: "custom_fk"
    })),
  };
});

To declare multicolumn foreign keys you can use a dedicated foreignKey operator:

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite 
import { serial, text, foreignKey, pgTable, AnyPgColumn } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

export const user = pgTable("user", {
  firstName: text("firstName"),
  lastName: text("lastName"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    pk: primaryKey({ columns: [table.firstName, table.lastName]}),
  };
});

export const profile = pgTable("profile", {
  id: serial("id").primaryKey(),
  userFirstName: text("user_first_name"),
  userLastName: text("user_last_name"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    userReference: foreignKey({
      columns: [table.userFirstName, table.userLastName],
      foreignColumns: [user.firstName, user.lastName]
      name: "custom_fk"
    })
  }
})
import { int, text, primaryKey, foreignKey, mysqlTable, AnyMySqlColumn } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";

export const user = mysqlTable("user", {
  firstName: text("firstName"),
  lastName: text("lastName"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    pk: primaryKey({ columns: [table.firstName, table.lastName]}),
  };
});

export const profile = mysqlTable("profile", {
  id: int("id").autoincrement().primaryKey(),
  userFirstName: text("user_first_name"),
  userLastName: text("user_last_name"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    userReference: foreignKey({
      columns: [table.userFirstName, table.userLastName],
      foreignColumns: [user.firstName, user.lastName],
      name: "custom_name"
    })
  }
});
import { integer, text, primaryKey, foreignKey, sqliteTable, AnySQLiteColumn } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";

export const user = sqliteTable("user", {
  firstName: text("firstName"),
  lastName: text("lastName"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    pk: primaryKey({ columns: [table.firstName, table.lastName]}),
  };
});

export const profile = sqliteTable("profile", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
  userFirstName: text("user_first_name"),
  userLastName: text("user_last_name"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    userReference: foreignKey(() => ({
      columns: [table.userFirstName, table.userLastName],
      foreignColumns: [user.firstName, user.lastName],
      name: "custom_name"
    }))
  }
});

Indexes

Drizzle ORM provides API for both index and unique index declaration:

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite 
import { serial, text, index, uniqueIndex, pgTable } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

export const user = pgTable("user", {
  id: serial("id").primaryKey(),
  name: text("name"),
  email: text("email"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    nameIdx: index("name_idx").on(table.name),
    emailIdx: uniqueIndex("email_idx").on(table.email),
  };
});
CREATE TABLE "user" (
  ...
);

CREATE INDEX "name_idx" ON "user" ("name");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "email_idx" ON "user" ("email");
⚠️

As of now drizzle-kit only supports index name and on() param.

Drizzle ORM provides set of all params for index creation:

// Index declaration reference
index('name')
  .on(table.column1, table.column2, ...) or .onOnly(table.column1, table.column2, ...)
  .concurrently()
  .using(sql``) // sql expression
  .asc() or .desc()
  .nullsFirst() or .nullsLast()
  .where(sql``) // sql expression
import { int, text, index, uniqueIndex, mysqlTable } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";

export const user = mysqlTable("user", {
  id: int("id").primaryKey().autoincrement(),
  name: text("name"),
  email: text("email"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    nameIdx: index("name_idx").on(table.name),
    emailIdx: uniqueIndex("email_idx").on(table.email),
  };
});
CREATE TABLE `user` (
  ...
);

CREATE INDEX `name_idx` ON `user` (`name`);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX `email_idx` ON `user` (`email`);
⚠️

As of now drizzle-kit only supports index name and on() param.

Drizzle ORM provides set of all params for index creation:

// Index declaration reference
index("name")
  .on(table.name)
  .algorythm("default") // "default" | "copy" | "inplace"
  .using("btree") // "btree" | "hash"
  .lock("default") // "none" | "default" | "exclusive" | "shared"
import { integer, text, index, uniqueIndex, sqliteTable } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";

export const user = sqliteTable("user", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
  name: text("name"),
  email: text("email"),
}, (table) => {
  return {
    nameIdx: index("name_idx").on(table.name),
    emailIdx: uniqueIndex("email_idx").on(table.email),
  };
});
CREATE TABLE `user` (
  ...
);

CREATE INDEX `name_idx` ON `user` (`name`);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX `email_idx` ON `user` (`email`);
⚠️

As of now drizzle-kit only supports index name and on() param.

Drizzle ORM provides set of all params for index creation:

// Index declaration reference
index("name")
  .on(table.name)
  .where(sql`...`)
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