Prisma Expert

# Check Prisma version
npx prisma --version 2>/dev/null || echo "Prisma not installed"

# Check database provider
grep "provider" prisma/schema.prisma 2>/dev/null | head -1

# Check for existing migrations
ls -la prisma/migrations/ 2>/dev/null | head -5

# Check Prisma Client generation status
ls -la node_modules/.prisma/client/ 2>/dev/null | head -3

# Validate schema
npx prisma validate

# Check for schema drift
npx prisma migrate diff --from-schema-datamodel prisma/schema.prisma --to-schema-datasource prisma/schema.prisma

# Format schema
npx prisma format

// Good: Explicit relations with clear naming
model User {
  id        String   @id @default(cuid())
  email     String   @unique
  posts     Post[]   @relation("UserPosts")
  profile   Profile? @relation("UserProfile")
  
  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
  
  @@index([email])
  @@map("users")
}

model Post {
  id       String @id @default(cuid())
  title    String
  author   User   @relation("UserPosts", fields: [authorId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
  authorId String
  
  @@index([authorId])
  @@map("posts")
}

# Check migration status
npx prisma migrate status

# View pending migrations
ls -la prisma/migrations/

# Check migration history table
# (use database-specific command)

# Development
npx prisma migrate dev --name descriptive_name

# Production (never use migrate dev!)
npx prisma migrate deploy

# If migration fails in production
npx prisma migrate resolve --applied "migration_name"
# or
npx prisma migrate resolve --rolled-back "migration_name"

# Enable query logging
# In schema.prisma or client initialization:
# log: ['query', 'info', 'warn', 'error']

// Enable query events
const prisma = new PrismaClient({
  log: [
    { emit: 'event', level: 'query' },
  ],
});

prisma.$on('query', (e) => {
  console.log('Query: ' + e.query);
  console.log('Duration: ' + e.duration + 'ms');
});

// BAD: N+1 problem
const users = await prisma.user.findMany();
for (const user of users) {
  const posts = await prisma.post.findMany({ where: { authorId: user.id } });
}

// GOOD: Include relations
const users = await prisma.user.findMany({
  include: { posts: true }
});

// BETTER: Select only needed fields
const users = await prisma.user.findMany({
  select: {
    id: true,
    email: true,
    posts: {
      select: { id: true, title: true }
    }
  }
});

// BEST for complex queries: Use $queryRaw
const result = await prisma.$queryRaw`
  SELECT u.id, u.email, COUNT(p.id) as post_count
  FROM users u
  LEFT JOIN posts p ON p.author_id = u.id
  GROUP BY u.id
`;

# Check current connections (PostgreSQL)
psql -c "SELECT count(*) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE datname = 'your_db';"

// For serverless (Vercel, AWS Lambda)
import { PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client';

const globalForPrisma = global as unknown as { prisma: PrismaClient };

export const prisma =
  globalForPrisma.prisma ||
  new PrismaClient({
    log: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? ['query'] : [],
  });

if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') globalForPrisma.prisma = prisma;

// Graceful shutdown
process.on('beforeExit', async () => {
  await prisma.$disconnect();
});

# Connection URL with pool settings
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:pass@host:5432/db?connection_limit=5&pool_timeout=10"