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Drizzle Team•7mo ago•
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TheDanniCraft

How do I create a fk to a uuid column?

My schema:
export const overlaysTable = pgTable("overlays", {
    id: uuid("id").notNull().defaultRandom().primaryKey(),
    ownerId: varchar("owner_id")
        .notNull()
        .references(() => usersTable.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
    name: varchar("name").notNull(),
    status: varchar("status").$type<StatusOptions>().notNull(),
    type: varchar("type").$type<OverlayType>().notNull(),
    rewardId: varchar("reward_id"),
});

export const queTable = pgTable("clipQue", {
    id: uuid("id").notNull().defaultRandom().primaryKey(),
    overlayId: uuid("overlay_id")
        .notNull()
        .references(() => overlaysTable.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
    clipId: varchar("clip_id").notNull(),
});
export const overlaysTable = pgTable("overlays", {
    id: uuid("id").notNull().defaultRandom().primaryKey(),
    ownerId: varchar("owner_id")
        .notNull()
        .references(() => usersTable.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
    name: varchar("name").notNull(),
    status: varchar("status").$type<StatusOptions>().notNull(),
    type: varchar("type").$type<OverlayType>().notNull(),
    rewardId: varchar("reward_id"),
});

export const queTable = pgTable("clipQue", {
    id: uuid("id").notNull().defaultRandom().primaryKey(),
    overlayId: uuid("overlay_id")
        .notNull()
        .references(() => overlaysTable.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
    clipId: varchar("clip_id").notNull(),
});


When I try to push this I get
error: column "id" cannot be cast automatically to type uuid
error: column "id" cannot be cast automatically to type uuid
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