Seed in Database Explained with Real Example (Node.js + MySQL + Drizzle)

To demonstrate pagination, we need lots of URL data — but manually adding it is slow.
So, we’ll use Drizzle ORM’s seeding functionality to generate 100 fake short links, all linked to a single user in our database.

🌱 This is called database seeding — it helps create dummy data for testing and development.

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⌛TIMELINE⏳
0:00 – WHAT IS SEEDING IN DATABASE – Drizzle

0:15 – What we have done so far in our Node app

0:44 – Pagination in shortlinks

1:45 – Weird output

2:20 – Pagination & must watch videos

3:40 – What is seeding in database

4:30 – Installing drizzle seed

6:35 – Resetting the database with seed

9:20 – Generating 100 fake data in table

12:30 – How fake data looks like

14:00 – Must watch videos