Hello guys, I was wondering if graphcool or prisma...
# prisma-whats-newa
Akshay
02/05/2018, 7:07 AMHello guys, I was wondering if graphcool or prisma can work with custom databases. I want to use mariadb(cannot-help), and deploy it to an aws ec2 instance. From the docs it seemed all docker related and I have no clue what it is. Any help is appreciated
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max
02/05/2018, 9:42 AM@Akshay not yet. They plan on adding support for dbs over time
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Akshay
02/05/2018, 9:44 AMIf I do not use prisma, can I acheive this by creating a node/express type application?
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max
02/05/2018, 9:46 AMwhat are you trying to achieve?
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Akshay
02/05/2018, 9:51 AMi am creating a new application with a legacy database as source. The database is mariadb. My client requires the application to be deployed on aws instance.
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max
02/05/2018, 10:04 AMwith a graphql api?
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Akshay
02/05/2018, 10:23 AMyes, we would have mobile and web clients requesting on the server, so graphql is a consideration.
Akshay
02/05/2018, 10:25 AMthe legacy database may not be a problem though, we may require it only for domain modelling of new database not importing its dump. But some custom mariadb functionality may be used so that's why client is insisting on it.
Akshay
02/05/2018, 10:46 AM@max any thoughts?
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max
02/05/2018, 10:48 AMyou could use graphcool-framework. Prisma is not quite ready for production
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Akshay
02/05/2018, 10:51 AMok thanks
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