Better Auth + MySQL - Failing Schema Generation
Hey guys,
I have been trying to get better-auth up and running with my existing NextJS project. To do so I have been following the instructions in the better auth documentation: (https://www.better-auth.com/docs/adapters/mysql). Despite that I am unable to generate the respective schemas using the
In my project I use yarn as my package manager. For whatever reason trying to install the
After some research I noticed that there is a package called
I hope someone has already figured out a way to use a MySQL database in combination with Better Auth.
I have been trying to get better-auth up and running with my existing NextJS project. To do so I have been following the instructions in the better auth documentation: (https://www.better-auth.com/docs/adapters/mysql). Despite that I am unable to generate the respective schemas using the
npx @better-auth/cli@latest generateIn my project I use yarn as my package manager. For whatever reason trying to install the
mysql2/promiseAfter some research I noticed that there is a package called
mysql2-promiseI hope someone has already figured out a way to use a MySQL database in combination with Better Auth.
Solution
Thank you for your help. I was able to fix the issue, which boils down to very basic mistake / misunderstanding. While I had tried to install the mysql2 package, I then also updated the import statement to "import {createPool } from "mysql2", which then lead to an error once again. It now works as expected.
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