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typescriptHow do modern ORMs (Prisma, Drizzle, TypeORM) interact with SQLite?
Explanation & Concept
ORMs map TypeScript/JavaScript classes or schemas directly to SQLite tables. Because SQLite does not support all `ALTER TABLE` operations (like renaming or dropping certain columns with constraints in older versions), ORMs employ shadow table migrations: creating a new table, copying existing data over, dropping the old table, and renaming the new table.
Code Example
typescript
// Example Drizzle ORM Schema with SQLite
import { sqliteTable, text, integer } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";
export const users = sqliteTable("users", {
id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
fullName: text("full_name").notNull(),
email: text("email").notNull().unique(),
createdAt: text("created_at").default("CURRENT_TIMESTAMP"),
});How It Works & Key Takeaways
Drizzle translates TypeScript definitions into efficient, native SQLite queries with full end-to-end type safety.
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