Fix: Knex cannot set a default value for TEXT field (MariaDB)

package.json

@@ -109,15 +109,15 @@
         "jsonwebtoken": "~9.0.0",
         "jwt-decode": "~3.1.2",
         "kafkajs": "^2.2.4",
-        "knex": "^2.4.2",
+        "knex": "~3.1.0",
         "limiter": "~2.1.0",
         "liquidjs": "^10.7.0",
         "marked": "^14.0.0",
         "mitt": "~3.0.1",
         "mongodb": "~4.17.1",
         "mqtt": "~4.3.7",
         "mssql": "~11.0.0",
-        "mysql2": "~3.9.6",
+        "mysql2": "~3.11.3",
         "nanoid": "~3.3.4",
         "net-snmp": "^3.11.2",
         "node-cloudflared-tunnel": "~1.0.9",

server/database.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const { Settings } = require("./settings");
 const { UptimeCalculator } = require("./uptime-calculator");
 const dayjs = require("dayjs");
 const { SimpleMigrationServer } = require("./utils/simple-migration-server");
+const KumaColumnCompiler = require("./utils/knex/lib/dialects/mysql2/schema/mysql2-columncompiler");
 
 /**
  * Database & App Data Folder
@@ -198,6 +199,14 @@ class Database {
      * @returns {Promise<void>}
      */
     static async connect(testMode = false, autoloadModels = true, noLog = false) {
+        // Patch "mysql2" knex client
+        // Workaround: Tried extending the ColumnCompiler class, but it didn't work for unknown reasons, so I override the function via prototype
+        const { getDialectByNameOrAlias } = require("knex/lib/dialects");
+        const mysql2 = getDialectByNameOrAlias("mysql2");
+        mysql2.prototype.columnCompiler = function () {
+            return new KumaColumnCompiler(this, ...arguments);
+        };
+
         const acquireConnectionTimeout = 120 * 1000;
         let dbConfig;
         try {

server/utils/knex/lib/dialects/mysql2/schema/mysql2-columncompiler.js

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const ColumnCompilerMySQL = require("knex/lib/dialects/mysql/schema/mysql-columncompiler");
+const { formatDefault } = require("knex/lib/formatter/formatterUtils");
+const { log } = require("../../../../../../../src/util");
+
+class KumaColumnCompiler extends ColumnCompilerMySQL {
+    /**
+     * Override defaultTo method to handle default value for TEXT fields
+     * @param {any} value Value
+     * @returns {string|void} Default value (Don't understand why it can return void or string, but it's the original code, lol)
+     */
+    defaultTo(value) {
+        if (this.type === "text" && typeof value === "string") {
+            log.debug("defaultTo", `${this.args[0]}: ${this.type} ${value} ${typeof value}`);
+            // MySQL 8.0 is required and only if the value is written as an expression: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/data-type-defaults.html
+            // MariaDB 10.2 is required: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/text/
+            return `default (${formatDefault(value, this.type, this.client)})`;
+        }
+        return super.defaultTo.apply(this, arguments);
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = KumaColumnCompiler;