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Expand Up @@ -39,7 +39,15 @@ prisma dev [options]
### Start a local Prisma Postgres server

```npm
npx prisma dev
npx prisma devnpm install prisma tsx @types/pg --save-dev

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Separate installation from starting the server.

Line 42 joins npx prisma dev and npm install into one malformed command. Also, prisma dev stays in the foreground, so later setup commands cannot run in the same terminal until the server stops. Install and initialize first. Then start the server in a separate terminal before running migrations. The Prisma local-development instructions use a separate terminal for migrations. (prisma.io)

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Review comment at @apps/docs/content/docs/cli/v7/dev/index.mdx at line 42:
Separate the malformed `npx prisma devnpm install` command in the Prisma
development instructions: install the dependencies and complete initialization
first, then start `prisma dev` in a separate terminal before running migrations.

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npm install @prisma/client @prisma/adapter-pg dotenv pg
npx prisma init

# Add this to .env
DATABASE_URL="postgres://5d1ce24737c0027644adca72d4aa610a57fdc4c1628c07a04e58c05f1e359871:sk_w63bXxCc9NFk8PMZoiXNp@pooled.db.prisma.io:5432/postgres?sslmode=require"

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the connection URL for the local server.

Line 47 points DATABASE_URL at pooled.db.prisma.io, a hosted endpoint, while this example starts a local prisma dev server. The following migration therefore targets the hosted database instead of the local instance. Use the URL printed by prisma dev, or clearly label this as a hosted-database workflow. Prisma documents the local URL separately and specifies direct connections for hosted migrations. (prisma.io)

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[high] 47-47: Detected a password embedded in a service connection URI, which may expose direct access to the referenced service.

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Review comment at @apps/docs/content/docs/cli/v7/dev/index.mdx at line 47:
Update the DATABASE_URL in this example to use the local connection URL printed
by prisma dev, so the following migration targets the local server rather than a
hosted database.

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npx prisma migrate dev --name init
npx prisma generate
```

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Expand All @@ -56,14 +64,11 @@ Output:

### Start with a specific name

Create a named instance for project isolation:

```npm
npx prisma dev --name="mydbname"
Create a namedinstance for project issolation:
```nnpmnpx prisma dev --name="mmydbname
Comment on lines +67 to +68

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Restore a valid named-instance example.

Line 68 puts the command in the code-fence opener, so the block does not show a runnable command. Line 67 also misspells “named instance” and “isolation.” Restore the sentence and a separate command block. (docs.prisma.io)

Proposed correction 
-Create a namedinstance for project issolation:
-```nnpmnpx prisma dev --name="mmydbname
+Create a named instance for project isolation:
+```npm
+npx prisma@7 dev --name="mydbname"
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Create a namedinstance for project issolation:
```nnpmnpx prisma dev --name="mmydbname
Create a named instance for project isolation:
```npm
npx prisma@7 dev --name="mydbname"
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Context: Create a namedinstance for project issolation: nnpmnpx prisma dev --name="mmydbname ### Run in detached mmode

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Review comment at @apps/docs/content/docs/cli/v7/dev/index.mdx around lines 67 -
68:
Restore the named-instance example in the CLI documentation: correct the
sentence to say “named instance” and “isolation,” then place the runnable
command in a separate npm code block, using the intended Prisma version and
database name.

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### Run in detached mode

### Run in detached mmode

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the detached-mode heading.

Line 71 misspells “mode” as “mmode.”

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-### Run in detached mmode
+### Run in detached mode
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[grammar] ~71-~71: Ensure spelling is correct
Context: ...ame="mmydbname ``` ### Run in detached mmode

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Review comment at @apps/docs/content/docs/cli/v7/dev/index.mdx at line 71:
Correct the “Run in detached mmode” heading to read “Run in detached mode.”

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Run the server in the background:

```npm
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