SailsJs - problems with lifting (orm hook failed to load) - orm

Question

I am having problems with running my app under windows. Normally, I am developing on Macbook but temporarly I had to switch. The thing is, that the app was already working on windows without problems. Here is an error message:
error: A hook (orm) failed to load!
verbose: Lowering sails...
verbose: Sent kill signal to child process (8684)...
verbose: Shutting down HTTP server...
verbose: HTTP server shut down successfully.
error: TypeError: Cannot read property 'config' of undefined
at validateModelDef (C:\projects\elearning-builder\node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-orm\lib
\validate-model-def.js:109:84)
at C:\projects\elearning-builder\node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-orm\lib\initialize.js:218
:36
at arrayEach (C:\projects\elearning-builder\node_modules\sails\node_modules\lodash\index.js:1289:13)
at Function. (C:\projects\elearning-builder\node_modules\sails\node_modules\lodash\index.j
s:3345:13)
at Array.async.auto._normalizeModelDefs (C:\projects\elearning-builder\node_modules\sails\node_module
s\sails-hook-orm\lib\initialize.js:216:11)
at listener (C:\projects\elearning-builder\node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-orm\node_module
s\async\lib\async.js:605:42)
at C:\projects\elearning-builder\node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-orm\node_modules\async\li
b\async.js:544:17
at _arrayEach (C:\projects\elearning-builder\node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-orm\node_modu
les\async\lib\async.js:85:13)
at Immediate.taskComplete (C:\projects\elearning-builder\node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-o
rm\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:543:13)
at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:383:17)
PS C:\projects\elearning-builder>
I tried to check it out, what exactly is happening in \node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-orm\lib\validate-model-def.js:109:84
so I added simple console.log temporarly:
console.log("error in line below", hook);
var normalizedDatastoreConfig = hook.datastores[normalizedModelDef.connection[0]].config;
And as a result I see:
error in line below Hook {
load: [Function: wrapper],
defaults:
{ globals: { adapters: true, models: true },
orm: { skipProductionWarnings: false, moduleDefinitions: [Object] },
models: { connection: 'localDiskDb' },
connections: { localDiskDb: [Object] } },
configure: [Function: wrapper],
loadModules: [Function: wrapper],
initialize: [Function: wrapper],
config: { envs: [] },
middleware: {},
routes: { before: {}, after: {} },
reload: [Function: wrapper],
teardown: [Function: wrapper],
identity: 'orm',
configKey: 'orm',
models:
{ /* models here, I removed this as it was too long /*},
adapters: {},
datastores: {} }
So, the normalizedModelDef.connection[0] has value development. But hook.datastores is empty? That is why there is no config property.
But the thing is, I do have connections in my config/connections.js
Like here:
development: {
module : 'sails-mysql',
host : 'localhost',
port : 3306,
user : 'ebuilder',
password : 'ebuilder',
database : 'ebuilder'
},
production: {
/* details hidden ;) */
},
testing: {
/* details hidden ;) */
}
Any suggestions/tips highly appreciated.

Answer 1

You have some connections defined, but do you have the default connection defined that might be specified in config/models.js? If for example you have:
module.exports.models = {
connection: 'mysql',
...
then 'mysql' needs to be defined in your connections.js

Answer 2

As I see in your config/connections.js
development: {
module : 'sails-mysql',
host : 'localhost',
port : 3306,
user : 'ebuilder',
password : 'ebuilder',
database : 'ebuilder'
},
You have given module : 'sails-mysql which is not correct. It should be adapter:'sails-mysql'
development: {
adapter : 'sails-mysql',
host : 'localhost',
port : 3306,
user : 'ebuilder',
password : 'ebuilder',
database : 'ebuilder'
},

Answer 3

check your controller or models contains any error code. like any symbol. i had face same problem while my controller contain any character before or after api started