I am facing issue while following the create dashboard application from the documentation (chapter - 6): An error occurred while attempting to seed the database: VercelPostgresError: VercelPostgresError - 'missing_connection_string': You did not supply a 'connectionString' and no 'POSTGRES_URL' env var was found.
const { db } = require('@vercel/postgres');
const {
invoices,
customers,
revenue,
users,
} = require('../app/lib/placeholder-data.js');
const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
async function seedUsers(client) {
try {
await client.sqlCREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp";
// Create the "users" table if it doesn't exist
const createTable = await client.sqlCREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users ( id UUID DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4() PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, email TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE, password TEXT NOT NULL );;
console.log(Created "users" table);
// Insert data into the "users" table
const insertedUsers = await Promise.all(
users.map(async (user) => {
const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(user.password, 10);
return client.sqlINSERT INTO users (id, name, email, password) VALUES (${user.id}, ${user.name}, ${user.email}, ${hashedPassword}) ON CONFLICT (id) DO NOTHING;;
}),
);
console.log(Seeded ${insertedUsers.length} users);
return {
createTable,
users: insertedUsers,
};
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error seeding users:', error);
throw error;
}
}
async function seedInvoices(client) {
try {
await client.sqlCREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp";
// Create the "invoices" table if it doesn't exist
const createTable = await client.sqlCREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS invoices ( id UUID DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4() PRIMARY KEY, customer_id UUID NOT NULL, amount INT NOT NULL, status VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, date DATE NOT NULL );;
console.log(Created "invoices" table);
// Insert data into the "invoices" table
const insertedInvoices = await Promise.all(
invoices.map(
(invoice) => client.sqlINSERT INTO invoices (customer_id, amount, status, date) VALUES (${invoice.customer_id}, ${invoice.amount}, ${invoice.status}, ${invoice.date}) ON CONFLICT (id) DO NOTHING;,
),
);
console.log(Seeded ${insertedInvoices.length} invoices);
return {
createTable,
invoices: insertedInvoices,
};
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error seeding invoices:', error);
throw error;
}
}
async function seedCustomers(client) {
try {
await client.sqlCREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp";
// Create the "customers" table if it doesn't exist
const createTable = await client.sqlCREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS customers ( id UUID DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4() PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, image_url VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL );;
console.log(Created "customers" table);
// Insert data into the "customers" table
const insertedCustomers = await Promise.all(
customers.map(
(customer) => client.sqlINSERT INTO customers (id, name, email, image_url) VALUES (${customer.id}, ${customer.name}, ${customer.email}, ${customer.image_url}) ON CONFLICT (id) DO NOTHING;,
),
);
console.log(Seeded ${insertedCustomers.length} customers);
return {
createTable,
customers: insertedCustomers,
};
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error seeding customers:', error);
throw error;
}
}
async function seedRevenue(client) {
try {
// Create the "revenue" table if it doesn't exist
const createTable = await client.sqlCREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS revenue ( month VARCHAR(4) NOT NULL UNIQUE, revenue INT NOT NULL );;
console.log(Created "revenue" table);
// Insert data into the "revenue" table
const insertedRevenue = await Promise.all(
revenue.map(
(rev) => client.sqlINSERT INTO revenue (month, revenue) VALUES (${rev.month}, ${rev.revenue}) ON CONFLICT (month) DO NOTHING;,
),
);
console.log(Seeded ${insertedRevenue.length} revenue);
return {
createTable,
revenue: insertedRevenue,
};
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error seeding revenue:', error);
throw error;
}
}
async function main() {
const client = await db.connect();
await seedUsers(client);
await seedCustomers(client);
await seedInvoices(client);
await seedRevenue(client);
await client.end();
}
main().catch((err) => {
console.error(
'An error occurred while attempting to seed the database:',
err,
);
});
POSTGRES_VERCEL_DB_URL=""
POSTGRES_VERCEL_DB_PRISMA_URL=""
POSTGRES_VERCEL_DB_URL_NO_SSL=""
POSTGRES_VERCEL_DB_URL_NON_POOLING=""
POSTGRES_VERCEL_DB_USER=""
POSTGRES_VERCEL_DB_HOST=""
POSTGRES_VERCEL_DB_PASSWORD=""
POSTGRES_VERCEL_DB_DATABASE=""
AUTH_SECRET=""
AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000/api/auth
I am facing issue while following the create dashboard application from the documentation (chapter - 6):
An error occurred while attempting to seed the database: VercelPostgresError: VercelPostgresError - 'missing_connection_string': You did not supply a 'connectionString' and no 'POSTGRES_URL' env var was found.Screenshot of the error:

Here is how my seed.js looks like:
Here is how my .env file looks like:
Node Version: 20.9.0
OS: MacOS Monterey: Version - 12.6