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Migrator

Runs SQL migrations with SqlClient.

A migrator loads numbered migration effects, records completed ids in a migrations table, and runs only pending migrations in a transaction. It creates the table when needed, detects duplicate ids, treats concurrent runs as locked, and can dump the schema after successful migrations.

10 exports Added in v4.0.0 Source

Constructors

make

Added in v4.0.0 Source

Creates a migrator that ensures the migrations table exists, runs pending migrations in a transaction, and optionally dumps the schema after successful migrations.

Signature

declare function make<RD = never>(__namedParameters: {
dumpSchema?: (path: string, migrationsTable: string) => Effect<void, MigrationError, RD>;
}): <R2 = never>(__namedParameters: MigratorOptions<R2>) => Effect<readonly Array<readonly [number, string]>, SqlError | MigrationError, SqlClient | RD | R2>

Errors

Error raised while loading, validating, locking, or running SQL migrations.

Signature

declare class MigrationError extends YieldableError<this> & {
readonly _tag: "MigrationError";
} & Readonly<{
readonly _tag: "MigrationError";
readonly cause?: unknown;
readonly kind: "Failed" | "Locked" | "BadState" | "ImportError" | "Duplicates";
readonly message: string;
}> {
constructor(args: {
readonly cause?: unknown;
readonly kind: "Failed" | "Locked" | "BadState" | "ImportError" | "Duplicates";
readonly message: string;
});
}

Loaders

Creates a migration loader from a Babel-style glob record, parsing keys such as _<id>_<name>Js, _<id>_<name>Ts, _<id>_<name>Mjs, or _<id>_<name>Mts and sorting migrations by id.

Signature

declare function fromBabelGlob(migrations: Record<string, any>): Loader

Creates a migration loader that reads a directory with FileSystem, imports files named <id>_<name>.js, <id>_<name>.ts, <id>_<name>.mjs, or <id>_<name>.mts, and sorts migrations by id.

Details

Requires a Path service appropriate for the migration directory's path syntax. On Windows, prefer a platform-aware implementation such as NodePath.layer; the core Path.layer uses POSIX semantics and does not preserve Windows drive-letter paths.

Signature

declare const fromFileSystem: (directory: string) => Loader<FileSystem | Path>

fromGlob

Added in v4.0.0 Source

Creates a migration loader from a glob record of dynamic import functions, parsing files named <id>_<name>.js, <id>_<name>.ts, <id>_<name>.mjs, or <id>_<name>.mts and sorting migrations by id.

Signature

declare function fromGlob(migrations: Record<string, () => Promise<any>>): Loader

fromRecord

Added in v4.0.0 Source

Creates a migration loader from a record of migration effects keyed by <id>_<name>, sorted by migration id.

Signature

declare function fromRecord(migrations: Record<string, Effect.Effect<void, unknown, Client.SqlClient>>): Loader

Models

Loader type

Added in v4.0.0 Source

Effect that resolves the available migrations for the migrator or fails with a MigrationError.

Signature

type Loader<R = never> = Effect.Effect<ReadonlyArray<ResolvedMigration>, MigrationError, R>

Migration interface

Added in v4.0.0 Source

Metadata for a migration recorded in the migrations table, including its id, name, and creation timestamp.

Signature

interface Migration {
readonly createdAt: Date;
readonly id: number;
readonly name: string;
}

ResolvedMigration type

Added in v4.0.0 Source

Tuple produced by a migration loader, containing the migration id, migration name, and an effect that loads the migration implementation.

Signature

type ResolvedMigration = readonly [id: number, name: string, load: Effect.Effect<any, any, Client.SqlClient>]

Options

MigratorOptions interface

Added in v4.0.0 Source

Options for running SQL migrations, including the migration loader, optional schema dump directory, and migrations table name.

Signature

interface MigratorOptions<R = never> {
readonly loader: Loader<R>;
readonly schemaDirectory?: string;
readonly table?: string;
}