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Sequelize BelongsToManyAddAssociationMixin performing update instead of insert in polymorphic table

I'm having a problem within my application that is related to multiple tables/models arranged in a Many:Many relationship but also leverages polymorphic columns and is using the BelongsToManyAddAssociationMixin. I am unable to insert multiple records in a M:N relationship because I'm unable to tell Sequelize to change the unique fields to include roleableId
Essentially I have a User model, a Role model, a relationship table called UserRole and other models which are "roleable" (For the sake of this example, one model is a Facility)
So essentially my UserRole model looks like
export class UserRole extends Model {
public readonly id!: UUID
public RoleId!: UUID
public UserId!: UUID
public roleableType!: string
public roleableId!: string
public readonly User!: User
public readonly Role!: Role
public getUser!: BelongsToGetAssociationMixin<User>
public getRole!: BelongsToGetAssociationMixin<Role>
}
export const initializeUserRole = (sequelize: Sequelize) => {
UserRole.init(
{
RoleId: {
type: DataTypes.UUID,
allowNull: false,
validate: {
isUUID: 4,
},
field: 'role_id',
},
UserId: {
type: DataTypes.UUID,
allowNull: false,
validate: {
isUUID: 4,
},
field: 'user_id',
},
roleableId: {
type: DataTypes.UUID,
field: 'roleable_id',
validate: {
isUUID: 4,
},
},
roleableType: {
type: DataTypes.STRING,
field: 'roleable_type',
},
},
{
timestamps: false,
sequelize,
tableName: TableNames.USER_ROLES,
}
)
}
In my scenario, I would have a role named Sales Rep and it's primary key is a UUID
In theory, I would like to create a new record for the user to have the SalesRep role twice in my UserRole table, one with values for roleableId & roleableType and one where those values are null.
Using mixins, I'm able to add these roles with something like
const randomUser = await userFactory()
const salesRepRole = await roleFactory({ roleName: 'Sales Rep' })
await randomUser.addRole(salesRepRole)
^^^ This works properly
But if I try to do something like:
const randomUser = await userFactory()
const randomFacility = await facilityFactory()
const salesRepRole = await roleFactory({ roleName: 'Sales Rep' })
await randomUser.addRole(salesRepRole)
await randomuser.addRole(salesRepRole, { through: { roleableId: randomFacility.id, roleableType: 'facility' }})
What will happen is that instead of performing a new insert into my UserRole table, instead Sequelize will identify that there is already a record based upon User.id & Role.id and will perform an UPDATE instead, resulting in only one record being returned.
I'm not sure how to indicate to Sequelize that instead of putting a unique constraint on User.id & Role.id, I really need it to be User.id, Role.id & roleableId
My work around right now has been to simply just roll my own add<Model> function which will perform an INSERT properly (adding an index on my DB to check for unique instances of user_id,role_id,roleable that throw an error if this combination already exists) but this feels a bit dirty and I'd rather try to utilize the mixin as much as possible, especially if I also have to add a BelongsToManyAddAssociationsMixin version as well for addRoles
Does anyone have any ideas? I'm happy to elaborate more if that helps.
Thanks!

Retrive some columns of relations in typeorm

I need to retrieve just some columns of relations in typeorm query.
I have an entity Environment that has an relation with Document, I want select environment with just url of document, how to do this in typeorm findOne/findAndCount methods?

To do that you have to use a querybuilder, here's an example:
return this.createQueryBuilder('environment') // use this if the query used inside of your entity's repository or getRepository(Environment)...
.select(["environment.id","environment.xx","environment.xx","document.url"])
.leftJoin("environment.document", "document")
.where("environment.id = :id ", { id: id })
.getOne();

Sorry I can't add comment to post above. If you by not parsed data mean something like "environment.id" instead of "id"
try this:
return this.createQueryBuilder("environment")
.getRepository(Environment)
.select([
"environment.id AS id",
"environment.xx AS xx",
"document.url AS url",
])
.leftJoin("environment.document", "document")
.where("environment.id = :id ", { id: id })
.getRawOne();

Here is the code that works for me, and it doesn't require using the QueryBuilder. I'm using the EntityManager approach, so assuming you have one of those from an existing DataSource, try this:
const environment = await this.entityManager.findOne(Environment, {
select: {
document: {
url: true,
}
},
relations: {
document: true
},
where: {
id: environmentId
},
});
Even though the Environment attributes are not specified in the select clause, my experience is that they are all returned in the results, along with document.url.
In one of the applications that I'm working on, I have the need to bring back attributes from doubled-nested relationships, and I've gotten that to work in a similar way, shown below.
Assuming an object model where an Episode has many CareTeamMembers, and each CareTeamMember has a User, something like the code below will fetch all episodes (all attributes) along with the first and last name of the associated Users:
const episodes = await this.entityManager.find(Episode, {
select: {
careTeamMembers: {
id: true, // Required for this to work
user: {
id: true,
firstName: true,
lastName: true,
},
}
},
relations: {
careTeamMembers: {
user: true,
}
},
where: {
deleted: false,
},
});
For some reason, I have to include at least one attribute from the CareTeamMembers entity itself (I'm using the id) for this approach to work.

Unhandled rejection SequelizeDatabaseError: relation "users" does not exist

I am getting started with Sequelize. I am following the documentation they are providing on their website :http://docs.sequelizejs.com/manual/installation/getting-started.html
const Sequelize = require('sequelize');
const sequelize = new Sequelize('haha', 'postgres', 'postgres', {
host: 'localhost',
dialect: 'postgres',
operatorsAliases: false,
pool: {
max: 5,
min: 0,
acquire: 30000,
idle: 10000
},
// SQLite only
storage: 'path/to/database.sqlite'
});
sequelize
.authenticate()
.then(() => {
console.log('Connection has been established successfully.');
})
.catch(err => {
console.error('Unable to connect to the database:', err);
});
const User = sequelize.define('user', {
firstName: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
},
lastName: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
}
});
// force: true will drop the table if it already exists
User.sync({force: true}).then(() => {
// Table created
return User.create({
firstName: 'John',
lastName: 'Hancock'
});
});
Up until here, everything works perfectly. And the table "user" is correctly built and populated. (Although I do not understand Sequelize appends an "s" automatically to "user", any explanation.)
However when I add the following portion of code:
User.findAll().then(users => {
console.log(users)
})
I get this error :
Unhandled rejection SequelizeDatabaseError: relation "users" does not
exist
So my questions are:
Why does Sequelize add an "s" to user. (I know it makes sense but shouldn't the developer decide that)
What is causing that error? I followed the documentation but it still didn't work?

When you are defining your model you can add configurations, in this case the option that you must add is freezeTableName prevents the names from being plural.
const User = sequelize.define('user', {
firstName: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
},
lastName: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
}
}, {
// disable the modification of table names; By default, sequelize will automatically
// transform all passed model names (first parameter of define) into plural.
// if you don't want that, set the following
freezeTableName: true,
});

There is another interesting way you can avoid this. But you need to really focus on this way of implementation.
const User = sequelize.define("user", {
firstname: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
},
lastname: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
}
});
you intentionally put user here and use users in other places of coding(Assume sequelize will automatically transform all passed model names (first parameter of define) into plural) . This way of coding will simplify your code.

This problem occurs because creating a table is an asynchronous function. The problem is, the findAll() function can get executed while the table has not been created.
to solve this, you can use:
(async ()=>{
await User.sync({force: true});
// Table created
const users=await User.findAll();
console.log(users);
})();

The problem, in my case, was that the table users was not created. You can create the table manually with CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS (SQL) or add the tableName = "users" in the options object:
export const User = db.define('user',
{
id: {
type: DataTypes.UUIDV4,
autoIncrement: true,
primaryKey: true,
},
name: {
type: new DataTypes.STRING(128),
allowNull: false,
},
email: {
type: new DataTypes.STRING(128),
allowNull: true,
},
password: {
type: new DataTypes.STRING(128),
allowNull: true,
},
},
{
freezeTableName: true,
tableName: "users"
}
);

Run that code twice.
Before running the second time, comment out the following code,
// force: true will drop the table if it already exists
User.sync({force: true}).then(() => {
// Table created
return User.create({
firstName: 'John',
lastName: 'Hancock'
});
});

Maybe answer is not entirely connected with you question but I want to describe my experience with this error
Error: relation "users" does not exist.
It appears Sequelize make migrations based on migrations file names and it alphabetical order. My problem was my files naming was not sorted in order to create proper connections.
If you face with this problem make sure yours migration files are fired in proper (in alphabetically) order.
The proper order is to first migrate table without connections (eg. table_A) and then tables with connections to table_A.
As I said this may not be answer for your particular order but I want to share my experiences because I didn't find this information on the internet when I was looking for this error.

Simply append tableName: "Users" to your model configuration.
The easiest way I found to solve, is to explicitly set the tableName on the model. As others have mentioned, sequelize defaults to the plural form of a model as the table name. For instance User, becomes Users.
When you query, sequelize looks after a table with the same name as your model User. By defining the tableName in the model, sequelize should search the correct table. Append tableName: "Users" to your model configuration i.e:
User.init(
{
email: DataTypes.STRING,
password: DataTypes.STRING,
role: DataTypes.INTEGER,
},
{
sequelize,
modelName: 'User',
tableName: 'Users',
}
);

If you want Sequelize to use a singular word ('info') for a model and that same singular word for the table ('info'), you can name the model 'info' and also add tablename: 'info' to the definition of your model.
This is a way to control Sequelize's default behavior of pluralizing model names, or not, on a table-by-table basis.
info.js
module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
const info = sequelize.define('info', {
firstname: DataTypes.STRING,
email: DataTypes.STRING,
phone: DataTypes.STRING,
}, {
tableName: 'info'
});
return info;
};

Sequelize belongsToMany get source model by querying on target model

I have two models Brand and Campaign.
A Brand can have many Campaigns
export default(sequelize, DataTypes)=> {
const Brand = sequelize.define('Brand', {
id: {
type: DataTypes.UUID,
defaultValue: DataTypes.UUIDV4,
primaryKey: true,
},
})
Brand.associate = models=> {
Brand.belongsToMany(models.Campaign, {
through: models.CampaignBrand,
foreignKey: 'brand',
})
}
return Brand
}
A Campaign can also have many Brand
export default(sequelize, DataTypes)=> {
const Campaign = sequelize.define('Campaign', {
id: {
type: DataTypes.UUID,
defaultValue: DataTypes.UUIDV4,
primaryKey: true,
},
})
Campaign.associate = models=> {
Campaign.belongsToMany(models.Brand, {
through: models.CampaignBrand,
foreignKey: 'campaign',
})
}
return Campaign
}
And here is through model:
export default(sequelize, DataTypes)=> {
const CampaignBrand = sequelize.define('CampaignBrand', {
// see enums
status: {
type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
allowNull: false,
},
roleText: {
type: DataTypes.STRING,
},
})
CampaignBrand.associate = models=> {
CampaignBrand.belongsTo(models.Campaign, {
foreignKey: 'campaign',
targetKey: 'id',
onDelete: 'CASCADE',
})
}
return CampaignBrand
}
In case I want to get Campaigns by brand. What should I do?
I have tried query likes document mentioned but it does not work for me
With Belongs-To-Many you can query based on through relation and select specific attributes. For example using findAll with through
User.findAll({
include: [{
model: Project,
through: {
attributes: ['createdAt', 'startedAt', 'finishedAt'],
where: {completed: true}
}
}]
});
I have found some ways to work around, but it is not what I am looking for:
SOLUTION 1:
Update belongsToMany Brand to hasMany CampaignBrand and the query by CampaignBrand.brand
SOLUTION 2:
Get Campaign by querying Brand
Any other advices?
Dialect: postgres
Database version: 9.4
Sequelize version: 4.2.1

I think you don't need this association in the the through model:
CampaignBrand.associate = models=> {
CampaignBrand.belongsTo(models.Campaign, {
foreignKey: 'campaign',
targetKey: 'id',
onDelete: 'CASCADE',
})
}
You already have the belongsToMany association in the definitions of Brand and Campaign, so I think you just need to create the CampaignBrand model with your status and roleText attributes.
As I understand it, then you can query brands through campaigns and it should return each brand element and its associated campaigns,
Brand.findAll({
include: [{
model: Campaign
}]
});

This answer is kinda old, but with belongstomany associations, you can use mixins.
https://sequelize.org/api/v6/class/src/associations/belongs-to-many.js~belongstomany
const campaigns = await CampaignModel.findAll();
const campaignsBrandsModels = await campaigns.getBrandsModels({
limit:1,
through: {where:{pivot_field:'pivot_value'} } // << You want this, i think!
});
Now, remember that, the mixins (get, set, count...) set their name with inflection library, so, a way to set the names without error (or without spending a lot of time searching the name in in the console) is setting an 'as' alias in the Association
CampaignBrand.belongsToMany(models.Campaign, {
through: models.CampaignBrand,
foreignKey: 'brand',
as: 'BrandsModels' //<<<< This is Super important! at least for easy usage
})
You can achieve this with an include in the findAll method too, BUT!
the 'limit: #' part will not work! (Will give you the error of "This only works with hasMany because separate: true")
I really hope this can help anyone, seya!

Model not associated with Model Sequelize

I'm trying to esatblish a One-To-Many relationship between the tables: Exam and Exam_Questions, using Sequelize.
Even though the tables are created properly and I can see them in PhpMyAdmin, I keep getting the following error in console:
Error: exam_question is not associated to exam!
exam.js
...
const ExamQuestion = require('./exam-question');
...
const Exam = sequelizeInstance.define("exam", {
name: { type: Sequelize.STRING },
date: { type: Sequelize.DATE }
});
// Build the model relations
Exam.hasMany(ExamQuestion, { as: "Questions" });
exam-question.js
const ExamQuestion = Sequelize.db.define("exam_question", {
correct_answer: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
},
text: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
}
});
module.exports = ExamQuestion;
To solve the error, I tried:
ExamQuestion.belongsTo(Exam);
But that doesn't change anything.
The query is:
Exam.findAll({
include: [ExamQuestion]
})
How to fix this problem and get the Exam objects including their questions?

TL;DR
For some very non-intuitive reason this seems to be happening because of the as property. To fix the problem, simply remove the as property:
Exam.hasMany(ExamQuestion);
Fixing the methods
By default, after removing the as property, Sequelize will automagically add the following methods: getExam_questions, addExam_question and so on.
They look quite bad: camel and snake cases mixed up together.
To solve that, we can easily define the singular and plural names in the ExamQuestion model options (the third argument):
const ExamQuestion = Sequelize.db.define("exam_question", {
correct_answer: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
},
text: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
}
}, {
name: {
singular: "question",
plural: "questions"
}
});
This will dictate Sequelize to create methods such as getQuestions and addQuestion instead of getExam_questions and addExam_question.