Connection.synchronize(dropbeforeSync) how to set to true

[Freysi21]

Issue type:

[x] question
[ ] bug report
[ ] feature request
[ ] documentation issue

Database system/driver:

[ ] cordova
[ ] mongodb
[ ] mssql
[x] mysql / mariadb
[ ] oracle
[ ] postgres
[ ] sqlite
[ ] sqljs
[ ] websql

TypeORM version:

[x] latest
[ ] @next
[ ] 0.x.x (or put your version here)

Steps to reproduce or a small repository showing the problem:
Hi

I'm having difficulties with letting typeorm create my database.
This keeps coming up "ER_CANT_REMOVE_ALL_FIELDS: You can't delete all columns with ALTER TABLE; use DROP TABLE instead".

I did some digging and found a the "dropbeforeSync" parameter in Connection.synchronize method which was always false. I added a line of code into node_modules/typeorm/browser/Connection.js that set that bastard to true. Now I'm able to create all tables and everything works fine 👍

My question is how do i come about to setting this to true without needing to modify

[Freysi21]

Also might be worth a mention.

CREATE TABLE measurement(
ID INT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL ,
NAME VARCHAR(100),
PRIMARY KEY(ID)
);
This is the table definition that was being "ALTERED" and resulted in an exception.

[Freysi21]

found my answer here
#18

I should call connection.synchronize(true); after creating connection.