drizzle-team/drizzle-orm · error · Error

You can't use job title generator with a db column length re

Error message

You can't use job title generator with a db column length restriction of ${this.stringLength}. Set the maximum string length to at least ${maxJobTitleLength}.

What it means

Error "You can't use job title generator with a db column length restriction of ${this.stringLength}. Set the maximum string length to at least ${maxJobTitleLength}." thrown in drizzle-team/drizzle-orm.

Source

Thrown at drizzle-seed/src/services/Generators.ts:2174

	}
}

export class GenerateJobTitle extends AbstractGenerator<{
	arraySize?: number;
}> {
	static override readonly entityKind: string = 'GenerateJobTitle';

	private state: {
		rng: prand.RandomGenerator;
	} | undefined;

	override init({ count, seed }: { count: number; seed: number }) {
		super.init({ count, seed });

		const rng = prand.xoroshiro128plus(seed);

		if (this.stringLength !== undefined && this.stringLength < maxJobTitleLength) {
			throw new Error(
				`You can't use job title generator with a db column length restriction of ${this.stringLength}. Set the maximum string length to at least ${maxJobTitleLength}.`,
			);
		}

		this.state = { rng };
	}

	generate() {
		if (this.state === undefined) {
			throw new Error('state is not defined.');
		}
		let idx;

		[idx, this.state.rng] = prand.uniformIntDistribution(0, jobsTitles.length - 1, this.state.rng);

		return jobsTitles[idx];
	}
}

View on GitHub (pinned to b7862528fd)

Solutions

1. Increase the column's maximum string length to at least the maximum job-title length, or use a different generator.

When it happens

Trigger: Using the job-title generator on a column shorter than the longest job title.

Common situations: Undersized varchar for job titles; raise to maxJobTitleLength.

AI-assisted analysis of drizzle-team/drizzle-orm@b7862528fd (2026-08-03). Data as JSON: /data/errors/1bfb14c48d4161cc.json. Report an issue: GitHub.