Cannot use import statement outside a module

Bug Report

Current behavior

yarn start or yarn start:dev

import { Entity, Column, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Generated } from 'typeorm';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module

Expected behavior

Build without errors

Environment

Nest version: 7.5.1

For Tooling issues:

• Node version: 14.12.5
• Platform: MacOS

Other:

package.json

{
  "private": true,
  "license": "UNLICENSED",
  "scripts": {
    "prebuild": "rimraf dist",
    "build": "nest build",
    "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"test/**/*.ts\"",
    "start": "nest start",
    "start:dev": "nest start --watch",
    "start:debug": "nest start --debug --watch",
    "start:prod": "node dist/main",
    "lint": "eslint \"{src,apps,libs,test}/**/*.ts\" --fix",
    "test": "jest",
    "test:watch": "jest --watch",
    "test:cov": "jest --coverage",
    "test:debug": "node --inspect-brk -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node/register node_modules/.bin/jest --runInBand",
    "test:e2e": "jest --config ./test/jest-e2e.json",
    "typeorm": "node --require ts-node/register ./node_modules/typeorm/cli.js",
    "typeorm:migration": "typeorm migration:create -d src/database/migrations/ -n",
    "typeorm:create-entity": "typeorm entity:create -d src/entities -n"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@nestjs/common": "^7.0.0",
    "@nestjs/core": "^7.0.0",
    "@nestjs/platform-express": "^7.0.0",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
    "rxjs": "^6.5.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nestjs/cli": "^7.0.0",
    "@nestjs/config": "^0.5.0",
    "@nestjs/schematics": "^7.0.0",
    "@nestjs/testing": "^7.0.0",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.3",
    "@types/jest": "26.0.10",
    "@types/node": "^13.9.1",
    "@types/supertest": "^2.0.8",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "3.9.1",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "3.9.1",
    "eslint": "7.7.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^6.10.0",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.20.1",
    "jest": "26.4.2",
    "pg": "^8.4.1",
    "prettier": "^1.19.1",
    "supertest": "^4.0.2",
    "ts-jest": "26.2.0",
    "ts-loader": "^6.2.1",
    "ts-node": "9.0.0",
    "tsconfig-paths": "^3.9.0",
    "typeorm": "^0.2.28",
    "typescript": "^3.7.4"
  },
  "jest": {
    "moduleFileExtensions": [
      "js",
      "json",
      "ts"
    ],
    "rootDir": "src",
    "testRegex": ".spec.ts$",
    "transform": {
      "^.+\\.(t|j)s$": "ts-jest"
    },
    "coverageDirectory": "../coverage",
    "testEnvironment": "node"
  }
}

ormconfig.ts

import { ConnectionOptions } from 'typeorm';

export const config: ConnectionOptions = {
  type: 'postgres',
  host: process.env.DB_HOST,
  port: parseFloat(process.env.DB_PORT),
  username: process.env.DB_USERNAME,
  password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
  database: process.env.DB_DATABASE,
  entities: [__dirname + '/../**/*.entity{.ts,.js}'],
  migrations: ['dist/database/migrations/*.js'],
  synchronize: true,
};

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[jmcdo29]

You can search through our past issues too, this is something that seems to be common, and has already been answered. There’s also this StackOverflow answer which has the exact same information.