Unknown database type on db save

While following along with the Tutorial, I got this error which is apparently due to the environment variable not getting loaded from .env.defaults:

$ yarn redwood db save yarn run v1.22.0 $ … redwoodblog/node_modules/.bin/redwood db save Creating database migration… [started] $ … redwoodblog/node_modules/.bin/prisma2 migrate save --experimental Error: Unknown database type error Command failed with exit code 1. info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command. Creating database migration… [failed] → Command failed with exit code 1: yarn prisma2 migrate save --experimental Command failed with exit code 1: yarn prisma2 migrate save --experimental ✨ Done in 2.05s.

$ yarn -v 1.22.0 $ node -v v12.14.0 “@redwoodjs/core”: “^0.2.0”

If I change api/prisma/schema.prisma from this:

datasource DS {
  provider = "sqlite"
  url = env("DATABASE_URL")
}

…to this:

datasource DS {
  provider = "sqlite"
  url = "file:./dev.db"
}

…it works fine.

I see in the prisma2 docs, it mentions that the .env file has to be in the same directory as the schema file. But I assume that Redwood is meant to be handling the loading of environment variables differently, so that it’s not necessary for the env file to be in the same directory.

[jvanbaarsen]

Would it make sense to try and render the DB info that Redwood is trying to use in the error message? That way it can give people a hint on where to look for when they have problems.

[peterp]

@TravisL12 it sounds like you might be on an older version of Redwood since we changed from DB_HOST to DATABASE_URL.