GraphQL error Cannot perform update query - node.js

Question

I'm working on a ToDo list application in NodeJS, Koa, and GraphQL.
I wrote an update card mutation but when I run the query to update I get the following error:
Cannot perform update query because update values are not defined. Call "qb.set(...)" method to specify updated values.
The mutation:
import { getRepository } from 'typeorm';
import { Card } from '../../entities/card';
export const updateCardMutation = {
async updateCard(_, { id, patch }): Promise<Card> {
const repository = getRepository(Card);
const card = await repository.findOne({ id });
const result = await repository.update(id, patch);
return {
...card,
...patch,
};
},
};
I would like to know what I'm doing wrong and if something more is needed it please notify me so I will edit the question accordingly
card entity:
import { Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, CreateDateColumn, UpdateDateColumn } from 'typeorm';
#Entity('cards')
export class Card {
#PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
id: string;
#CreateDateColumn()
created_at: Date;
#UpdateDateColumn()
updated_at: Date;
#Column('text')
title: string;
#Column('text', {
nullable: true,
})
description: string;
#Column('boolean', {
default: 'false',
})
done: boolean;
}

Answer 1

You need to spread the update Object.
export const updateCardMutation = {
async updateCard(_, { id, patch }): Promise<Card> {
const repository = getRepository(Card);
const card = await repository.findOne({ id });
const result = await repository.update(id, {...patch}); // here
return {
...card,
...patch,
};
},
};

Answer 2

The issue was when I was calling the updateMutation, it was creating the patch object of anonymous type. So it just needed to be clean before going to the DB engine
I resolved my issues by adding the following code:
{ ...patch }
Inside the next script:
export const updateCardMutation = {
async updateCard(_, { id, patch }): Promise<Card> {
const repository = getRepository(Card);
const card = await repository.findOne({ id });
const result = await repository.update(id, { ...patch }); // Added here
return {
...card,
...patch,
};
},
};
In this way, I was able to update my card.

Answer 3

https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/blob/master/docs/update-query-builder.md
As an error Call qb.set() , typeorm query builder are different with other orm
await getRepository().createQueryBuilder().update(Card).set(patch)
.where("id = :id", { id })
.execute();
some how patch object may stringify [object], so you can spread it like set({...patch})

Answer 4

I have had this error before with my update query is nestjs & graqhql
Cannot perform update query because update values are not defined
I have fixed it by using the save() function from the repository on the same id, so I have changed from this
async update(
id: number,
updateEmployeeInput: UpdateEmployeeInput,
): Promise<Employee> {
await this.employeeRepository.update(id, updateEmployeeInput);
return this.employeeRepository.findOneOrFail(id);
}
to this
async update(
id: number,
updateEmployeeInput: UpdateEmployeeInput,
): Promise<Employee> {
await this.employeeRepository.save(updateEmployeeInput)
return this.employeeRepository.findOneOrFail(id);
}