How can I create a UUID FK column in NestJS? - postgresql

Question

I am running into an odd issue where I can't create a FK relationship between two entities.
// organization.entity.ts
#PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
id: string;
...
#OneToMany(() => User, (user) => user.organization)
users: User[];
// user.entity.ts
#PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
id: string;
#Column({
type: 'uuid',
})
organizationId: string;
...
#ManyToOne(() => Organization, (organization) => organization.users)
organization: Organization;
In my ormconfig.json file I have these settings (among connection creds)
...
"logging": true,
"entities": [
"dist/**/*.entity{.ts,.js}"
],
"synchronize": true
...
I am using "typeorm": "^0.2.45" in my package.json file.
Key columns "organizationId" and "id" are of incompatible types: character varying and uuid.
How can I create an FK relationship between users & organizations?

Answer 1

So from your question I understood is you want a "organizationId" field in your users table which will be a FK.
To create OnetoMany Relation between Organization and users do as below:
// organization.entity.ts
#Entity({ name: 'organizations' })
export class Organization {
#PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
id: string;
...
#OneToMany(() => User, (user) => user.organization)
users: User[];
}
// user.entity.ts
#Entity({ name: 'users' })
export class User {
#PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
id: string;
#Column({ type: 'uuid' })
organizationId: string;
...
#ManyToOne(() => Organization, (organization) => organization.users)
#JoinColumn({ name: 'organizationId' })
organization: Organization;
}