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Card · Prisma 7 (Next App Router)

Env, schema, engineType, commands, and upgrade rules for Prisma 7.

Core

  • Node =20.19+; Prisma 7 + @prisma/client 7.
  • .env at project root: DATABASE_URL only (no .env.local).
  • engineType: "binary" for Node/Turbopack.
  • Use prisma only on server (actions/route handlers).

Snippets

DATABASE_URL="file:./dev.db"

const prisma = new PrismaClient({
  engineType: "binary",
  log: process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? ["query","error","warn"] : ["error"],
});

Commands

npx prisma generate
npx prisma db push
npx prisma validate
npx prisma env

Upgrade 5 → 7

  • Delete prisma.config.ts / defineConfig import.
  • Clean caches: rm -rf node_modules ~/.prisma ~/.npm/_npx.
  • Reinstall prisma@latest @prisma/client@latest; add engineType.
  • Rerun generate.

Study Card · Chapter 11-prisma7