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module.exports scope and node-mysql

I have database.js file that connects to db and manage connections I export connection and reuse it in my app

    var mysql = require('mysql');

    pool = mysql.createPool({
        host: cfg.mysql.host,
        user: cfg.mysql.user,
        password: cfg.mysql.pass,
        database: cfg.mysql.db,
        port: cfg.mysql.port
    });


    function handleDisconnect() {
    pool.getConnection(function(err, cnt) {
    module.exports.connection = cnt;
    });

    pool.on('error', function (err) {
      console.log(err);
    });
    };

    handleDisconnect();
    process.on('uncaughtException', function (err) {
      console.error(err.code);
    if(err.code === "PROTOCOL_CONNECTION_LOST")
    handleDisconnect();
      console.log("Node NOT Exiting...");
    });

app.js

    var db = require('./database');
     app.get('/test', function(req, res) {
        db.connection.query('SELECT * from table', function(err, result) {
           console.log(result);
          });
        }

This works fine. My problem is when the mysql server disconnect. I handle this error by recalling the handleDisconnect() function to get a new connection. However, when that happens the connection is undefined in my app.js when I navigate to my browser /test

TypeError: Cannot call method 'query' of undefined

Thoughts?

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Jack Dre Avatar asked Jul 25 '26 20:07

Jack Dre


1 Answers

You can simply put the connection back into pool following each query on your database server here's an example

db.js

var mysql = require('mysql');
var pool  = mysql.createPool({
  host     : 'localhost',
  user     : 'root',
  password : 'root',
  database : 'test',
  port: 8889
});

exports.getConnection = function(callback) {
    pool.getConnection(function(err, connection) {
        callback(err, connection);
    });
};

app.js

var db = require('./db');
var http = require("http");
var server = http.createServer(function(request, response) {
    db.getConnection(function(err, connection){
        if(!err){
            connection.query('SELECT * from users' , function(err, rows) {
                var users = '';
                for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
                    users += rows[i].name + "<br />";
                }
                connection.release(); // always put connection back in pool after last query
                response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/html"});
                response.write("<!DOCTYPE html>");
                response.write("<html>");
                response.write("<head>");
                response.write("<title>Hello World Page</title>");
                response.write("</head>");
                response.write("<body>");
                response.write(users);
                response.write("</body>");
                response.write("</html>");
                response.end();
           });
        }else{
            response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/html"});
            response.write("<!DOCTYPE html>");
            response.write("<html>");
            response.write("<head>");
            response.write("<title>Hello World Page</title>");
            response.write("</head>");
            response.write("<body>");
            response.write(err.toString());
            response.write("</body>");
            response.write("</html>");
            response.end();
        }
    });
});
server.listen(9999);
console.log("Server is listening localhost:9999");
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AbdullahDiaa Avatar answered Jul 27 '26 09:07

AbdullahDiaa



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