MySQL Setup in Drizzle ORM

From the Drizzle ORM cheat sheet · Database Setup · verified Jul 2026

Connect to MySQL using mysql2 driver.

typescript

import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/mysql2';
import * as schema from './schema';

const db = drizzle(process.env.DATABASE_URL!, { schema });

💡 Install: npm i drizzle-orm mysql2

⚡ Use createPool() for connection reuse

📌 MySQL uses mysqlTable instead of pgTable

🟢 Works with PlanetScale serverless driver too

setupmysqlconnection

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