'typeorm' does not provide an export named 'Column'

Issue type:

[X] bug report [ ] feature request [ ] documentation issue

Database system/driver:

[ ] cordova [ ] mongodb [ ] mssql [X] mysql / mariadb [ ] oracle [ ] postgres [ ] cockroachdb [ ] sqlite [ ] sqljs [ ] react-native [ ] expo

TypeORM version:

[X] latest [ ] @next [ ] 0.x.x (or put your version here)

Steps to reproduce or a small repository showing the problem: If i initialize my MySQL Connection over typeorm with my Accounts entityi get this error:

import { BaseEntity, Column, Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm';
                     ^^^^^^
SyntaxError: The requested module 'typeorm' does not provide an export named 'Column'

my Accounts entity

import { BaseEntity, Column, Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm';
@Entity({ name: 'accounts' })
export class Accounts extends BaseEntity {
    @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
    id: number;

    @Column({ type: 'varchar' })
    username: string;

    @Column({ type: 'varchar' })
    password: string;

    @Column({ type: 'varchar' })
    hardwareID: string;

    @Column({ type: 'int' })
    maxCharacter: number;
} 

[imnotjames]

Hey there - sorry for taking a while to get to this:

• I cloned the repo
• I erased altv-server.exe & ran npm run update to grab the linux version of the server
• I erased node_modules & ran npm install to refresh dependencies
• I ran npm run build

I’m pretty sure this is some wonk that exists between how Typescript handles module resolution & how nodejs does.

You’re currently using ESM because type: "module" is defined in your package.json.

When importing CommonJS modules, the module.exports object is provided as the default export. Named exports may be available, provided by static analysis as a convenience for better ecosystem compatibility.

• from the ESM Imports docs

TypeORM corrently doesn’t exactly export ESM - it exports commonjs modules. And if static analysis can get you to named exports… great! Except… when it can’t. Like now.

There are two ways you can work around this:

• Switch your project to have "type": "commonjs" in your package.json & update your tsconfig.json to emit commonjs modules
• Use the default export provided by TypeORM - import TypeORM from "typeorm"; @TypeORM.Entity();class Foo {}

There’s ONE way that TypeORM could change to help with this as well - export ESM as well as commonJS! I’ll think about adding this but there’s a lot of other things I think might be more important… 🤷

[imnotjames]

In short - this is an environment issue - and as such, I’ll be closing it out. However, for more support on the matter -

• If you forked this from some other repository I suggest you chat with them
• For general TypeORM support, please check out the community slack or check TypeORM’s documentation page on other support avenues - cheers!