Require a result with orThrow()

Turn an empty query result into a DrizzleError while narrowing the awaited TypeScript result to a non-null value.

Enable it

orThrow() is a query-promise extension, so import it once wherever query promises are configured:

import 'drizzle-plus/orThrow'

Require one row

const user = await db.query.user
  .findFirst({
    where: { id: 42 },
  })
  .orThrow()

If the query returns undefined or null, the promise rejects with the default message No rows returned. If the query succeeds, the result is narrowed so the caller does not need a second null check.

Use a custom message

const user = await db.query.user
  .findFirst({
    where: { id: 42 },
  })
  .orThrow('User does not exist')

For an array query, orThrow() rejects only when the array is empty. It does not reject a non-empty array just because some item contains nullable fields.

Use findUnique() when the important guarantee is that the filter names a database uniqueness constraint; use orThrow() when the important guarantee is that a result must exist.