import Tab from '@mdx/Tab.astro'; import Tabs from '@mdx/Tabs.astro'; import Npm from "@mdx/Npm.astro"; import Callout from '@mdx/Callout.astro'; import Steps from '@mdx/Steps.astro'; import AnchorCards from '@mdx/AnchorCards.astro'; import Breadcrumbs from '@mdx/Breadcrumbs.astro'; import Prerequisites from "@mdx/Prerequisites.astro"; import CodeTabs from "@mdx/CodeTabs.astro"; import FileStructure from '@mdx/get-started/FileStructure.mdx'; import InstallPackages from '@mdx/get-started/InstallPackages.mdx'; import ConnectXata from '@mdx/get-started/postgresql/ConnectXata.mdx' import CreateTable from '@mdx/get-started/postgresql/CreateTable.mdx' import SetupConfig from '@mdx/get-started/SetupConfig.mdx'; import ApplyChanges from '@mdx/get-started/ApplyChanges.mdx'; import RunFile from '@mdx/get-started/RunFile.mdx'; import QueryDatabase from '@mdx/get-started/QueryDatabase.mdx'; import SetupEnv from '@mdx/get-started/SetupEnv.mdx';

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Get Started with Drizzle and Xata

<Prerequisites> - **dotenv** - package for managing environment variables - [read here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv) - **tsx** - package for running TypeScript files - [read here](https://tsx.is/) - **Xata Postgres database** - [read here](https://xata.io/documentation) </Prerequisites> <FileStructure/>

Step 1 - Install postgres package

<InstallPackages lib='postgres'/>

Step 2 - Setup connection variables

<SetupEnv env_variable='DATABASE_URL' />

You can obtain a connection string by following the Xata documentation.

Step 3 - Connect Drizzle ORM to the database

<ConnectXata/>

Step 4 - Create a table

<CreateTable />

Step 5 - Setup Drizzle config file

<SetupConfig dialect='postgresql' env_variable='DATABASE_URL'/>

Step 6 - Applying changes to the database

<ApplyChanges />

Step 7 - Seed and Query the database

<QueryDatabase dialect='postgres-js' env_variable='DATABASE_URL'/>

Step 8 - Run index.ts file

<RunFile/>