---
id: 'drizzle'
title: 'Drizzle'
description: 'Drizzle Quickstart'
breadcrumb: 'ORM Quickstarts'
hideToc: true
---

### Connecting with Drizzle

[Drizzle ORM](https://github.com/drizzle-team/drizzle-orm) is a TypeScript ORM for SQL databases designed with maximum type safety in mind. You can use their ORM to connect to your database.

<Admonition type="note">

If you plan on solely using Drizzle instead of the Supabase Data API (PostgREST), you can turn off the latter in the [API Settings](https://supabase.com/dashboard/project/_/settings/api).

</Admonition>
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    <StepHikeCompact.Details title="Install">

    Install Drizzle and related dependencies.

    </StepHikeCompact.Details>

    <StepHikeCompact.Code>

     ```shell
     npm i drizzle-orm postgres
     npm i -D drizzle-kit
     ```

    </StepHikeCompact.Code>

  </StepHikeCompact.Step>

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    <StepHikeCompact.Details title="Create your models">

    Create a `schema.ts` file and define your models.

    </StepHikeCompact.Details>

    <StepHikeCompact.Code>

    ```ts schema.ts
    import { pgTable, serial, text, varchar } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

    export const users = pgTable('users', {
      id: serial('id').primaryKey(),
      fullName: text('full_name'),
      phone: varchar('phone', { length: 256 }),
    });
    ```

    </StepHikeCompact.Code>

  </StepHikeCompact.Step>

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    <StepHikeCompact.Details title="Connect">

    Connect to your database using the Connection Pooler.

    In your [`Database Settings`](https://supabase.com/dashboard/project/_/database/settings), make sure `Use connection pooler` is checked, then copy the URI and save it as the `DATABASE_URL` environment variable. Remember to replace the password placeholder with your actual database password.

    </StepHikeCompact.Details>

    <StepHikeCompact.Code>

    ```ts db.ts
    import 'dotenv/config'

    import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js'
    import postgres from 'postgres'

    const connectionString = process.env.DATABASE_URL

    // Disable prefetch as it is not supported for "Transaction" pool mode
    export const client = postgres(connectionString, { prepare: false })
    export const db = drizzle(client);
    ```

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  </StepHikeCompact.Step>

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