How to get the mssql output in protractor + VSCode - node.js

Question

I'm running the below code seems like the connection is made successfully but i do not see any output or is there any way to see the output of the query result, I'm new to this protractor nodeJS MSSQL connection.
const assert = require("../configuration.js");
const { config } = require("dotenv");
const { ConnectionPool } = require("mssql");
var sql = require('mssql');
config();
const c = {
driver: 'msnodesqlv8',
server: "server/nameORIP",
user: "UserName",
password: "Password",
database: 'DBname',
};
describe("mssql connection", () => {
it('test query', () => {
sql.connect(config, (err) => {
if (err) console.log(err);
// create Request object
var request = new sql.Request();
// query to the database and get the records
request.query('select * from NetUsers', (err, recordset) => {
if (err) console.log(err)
// send records as a response
request.send(recordset);
});
}); // end of sql.connect()
}) // end of it
})
Output
Request {
_events: [Object: null prototype] {},
_eventsCount: 0,
_maxListeners: undefined,
canceled: false,
_paused: false,
parent: [Function: ConnectionPool],
parameters: {},
rowsAffected: 0 }

Answer 1

I didn't find any information for the method request.send(recordset); from their official documentation.
Supported methods in Request Object are:
execute - https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql#execute
input - https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql#input
output - https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql#output
pipe - https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql#pipe
query - https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql#query
batch - https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql#batch
bulk - https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql#bulk
cancel - https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql#cancel
request.query function will give you the list of records from the DB and pass it to the callback function and the values can be accessed directly using
request.query('select * from NetUsers', (err, resultArray) => {
if (err) console.log(err)
// if no error
console.log(resultArray.recordset[0]); //will print the first row from response.
});
Refer : https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql#query-command-callback

Answer 2

I finally made it to work with few changes not only it connects but also runs the query and shows me the output in console, once again thank you for all the help.
import { async } from "q";
const sql = require('mssql/msnodesqlv8');
const assert = require("../configuration.js");
const poolPromise = new sql.ConnectionPool({
driver: 'msnodesqlv8',
server: "server/nameORIP",
user: "UserName",
password: "Password",
database: 'DBname',
})
.connect()
.then(pool => {
console.log('Connected to MSSQL')
return pool
})
.catch(err => console.log('Database Connection Failed! Bad Config: ', err))
;
describe('any test', () => {
it('verification', async () => {
try
{
const pool = await poolPromise;
const result = await pool.request()
.query('SELECT TOP (10) * FROM dbo.NetUsers')
console.log(result);
}
catch(err)
{
console.log(err);
}
});
});