import Npm from '@mdx/Npm.astro'; import Callout from '@mdx/Callout.astro'; import Prerequisites from "@mdx/Prerequisites.astro"; import CodeTabs from "@mdx/CodeTabs.astro"; import WhatsNextPostgres from "@mdx/WhatsNextPostgres.astro"; import Breadcrumbs from '@mdx/Breadcrumbs.astro'; import FileStructure from '@mdx/get-started/FileStructure.mdx'; import InstallPackages from '@mdx/get-started/InstallPackages.mdx'; import SetupEnv from '@mdx/get-started/SetupEnv.mdx'; import ConnectMySQL from '@mdx/get-started/mysql/ConnectMySQL.mdx'; import CreateTable from '@mdx/get-started/mysql/CreateTable.mdx'; import QueryDatabase from '@mdx/get-started/QueryDatabase.mdx'; import ApplyChanges from '@mdx/get-started/ApplyChanges.mdx'; import RunFile from '@mdx/get-started/RunFile.mdx'; import SetupConfig from '@mdx/get-started/SetupConfig.mdx'; # Get Started with Drizzle and MySQL - **dotenv** - package for managing environment variables - [read here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv) - **tsx** - package for running TypeScript files - [read here](https://tsx.is/) - **mysql2** - package for querying your MySQL database - [read here](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2) To use Drizzle with a MySQL database, you should use the `mysql2` driver According to the **[official website](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2)**, `mysql2` is a MySQL client for Node.js with focus on performance. Drizzle ORM natively supports `mysql2` with `drizzle-orm/mysql2` package. #### Step 1 - Install **mysql2** package #### Step 2 - Setup connection variables If you don't have a MySQL database yet and want to create one for testing, you can use our guide on how to set up MySQL in Docker. The MySQL in Docker guide is available [here](/docs/guides/mysql-local-setup). Go set it up, generate a database URL (explained in the guide), and come back for the next steps #### Step 3 - Connect Drizzle ORM to the database #### Step 4 - Create a table #### Step 5 - Setup Drizzle config file #### Step 6 - Applying changes to the database #### Step 7 - Seed and Query the database #### Step 8 - Run index.ts file

MySQL Setup