Importer fails with sqlite unable to insert default values

Issue Summary

Tried importing a json from a GhostPro export, and got an error from the sqlite connector:

Import failed sqlite does not support inserting default values. Specify values explicitly or use the useNullAsDefault config flag. (see docs http://knexjs.org/#Builder-insert).

MacOS High Sierra (10.13.3) Chrome 65.0.3325.181 Export from GhostPro 1.22.1 Import to local install Ghost 1.22.3

NOTE: I have not yet tried downgrading local install to 1.22.1 and retrying import. (I haven’t had enough time, but it’s something I considered when gathering info for the bug report. I had assumed that GhostPro was running latest)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Exported content from hosted ghost blog as json
2. Install ghost locally
3. Add user/blog, and try to import the json from step 1
4. Import fails

Aside from trying to find the sqlite connector call and changing the code locally, I don’t know if there’s a way to set useNullAsDefault somewhere to try and re-import. Additionally, I think the error might be able to get caught and reworded for a friendlier user experience.

Technical details:

• Ghost CLI Ver: 1.7.1
• Ghost Version: 1.22.3
• Node Version: 8.11.1
• Browser/OS: Chrome 65.0.3325.181
• Database: sqlite (bundled with ghost cli)

[jloh]

I’m able to reproduce this at the moment with 1.22.5 installed locally via ghost install local and an export from a Ghost(Pro) blog.

Edit: I’ve got around this by adding "useNullAsDefault": true to my config.development.json and I’m able to import content. I do get a whole lot of errors like this though:

Post: Entry was imported, but we were not able to resolve the following user references: published_by. The user does not exist, fallback to owner user.

The database portion in my config.development.json file ends up looking like this:

"database": {
  "client": "sqlite3",
  "connection": {
    "filename": "/nobackup/ghost/content/data/ghost-local.db"
  },
  "useNullAsDefault": true
},

[kirrg001]

@docrinehart see SQlite3 config example https://docs.ghost.org/docs/config#section-sqlite3.

Leaving this open. I need to understand if we have to set a default for this value. I thought it’s only required for our test env and our test fixtures. I don’t remember. Will check when i have time.