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Reputation: 15

golang-migrate unknown driver postgresql using terminal command

When I try to migrate down my base using terminal command (migrate -path scripts -database "postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5439/basename?sslmode=disable" -verbose down) I got an error: error: database driver: unknown driver postgresql (forgotten import?). How to fix it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3059

Answers (2)

Prakash P
Prakash P

Reputation: 4058

For new versions of Golang(Go 1.16+)

  1. If you want to installed Versioned version e.g:

$ go install -tags 'postgres' github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/cmd/migrate@$TAG

Where TAG=v4.1.0 or TAG=v4.1.x etc

  1. If you want to installed Unversioned version e.g:

$ go install -tags 'postgres' github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/cmd/migrate@latest

Upvotes: 0

Lucas Katayama
Lucas Katayama

Reputation: 4570

I think you need to build with specific tag to add the specific driver.

See documentation https://github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/tree/master/cmd/migrate#with-go-toolchain

$ go get -u -d github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/cmd/migrate
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/cmd/migrate
$ git checkout $TAG  # e.g. v4.1.0
$ go build -tags 'postgres' -ldflags="-X main.Version=$(git describe --tags)" -o $GOPATH/bin/migrate $GOPATH/src/github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/cmd/migrate

Upvotes: 1

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