Default value is not escaped when using enum, which cause error: cannot use column reference in DEFAULT expression

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I have simple migration.

import {
  MigrationInterface,
  QueryRunner,
  Table,
} from 'typeorm';

export class CreateExampleable1578929385472 implements MigrationInterface {
  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
    await queryRunner.createTable(new Table({
      name: 'example',
      columns: [
        {
          name: 'id',
          type: 'int',
          isPrimary: true,
          isGenerated: true,
        },
        {
          name: 'enum',
          type: 'enum',
          enum: ['A', 'B', 'C'],
          default: 'A',
        },
      ],
    }));
  }

  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
    await queryRunner.dropTable('example');
  }
}

I am getting error: QueryFailedError: cannot use column reference in DEFAULT expression

SQL which cause issue: CREATE TABLE example(... "status" "example_enum_enum" NOT NULL DEFAULT A ... )

It should quote default value: CREATE TABLE example(... "enum" "example_enum_enum" NOT NULL DEFAULT 'A' ... )

I had to quote default value my self to make it work: (Without whitespaces, whitespaces added, to make it visible) default: " 'A' "

[petrusdemelo]

The @agoulziprod 's solution don’t work to me. But that works:

{
   name: 'type',
   type: 'enum',
   enum: ['provider', 'client'],
   default: `'client'`,
}

[andrewdhazlett]

I had a similar error when adding a column with a default value, no db-level enum involved:

I was able to fix a similar issue (on postgres) by wrapping my default value in single quotes:

Previously I was getting the error column "open" does not exist:

This is downright baffling behavior.

(quoted from https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/issues/2980)