NodeJs mssql connection returning undefined from .Request() - node.js

Question

I'm having trouble getting a working connection via nmp's mssql package.
Here's a quick look at my code:
var sql = require('mssql');
var sqlConfig = {
user: 'NodeUser',
password: 'test',
server: '10.211.55.3',
database: 'NodeJs'
}
sql.connect(sqlConfig, function(err){
if(err != null)
console.log(err);
console.log(sql);
});
Which seems to connect fine, but when I try to use it (in a route class):
var sql = require('mssql');
bookRouter.route('/')
.get(function(req, res){
var req = sql.Request();
req.query('select * from books', function(err, recordset){
console.log(recordset);
});
res.render('BookListView', {
title: 'Hello from Books',
nav: nav,
books: books
});
});
I get "TypeError: Cannot read property 'query' of undefined" on the req.query line. It seems like an issue with the connection? The only useful thing I could think to pull was the result of the "console.log(sql);" line above:
{ connect: [Function],
close: [Function],
on: [Function],
Connection:
{ [Function: Connection]
EventEmitter:
{ [Function: EventEmitter]
EventEmitter: [Circular],
usingDomains: false,
defaultMaxListeners: [Getter/Setter],
init: [Function],
listenerCount: [Function] },
usingDomains: false,
defaultMaxListeners: 10,
init: [Function],
listenerCount: [Function],
__super__:
EventEmitter {
domain: undefined,
_events: undefined,
_maxListeners: undefined,
setMaxListeners: [Function: setMaxListeners],
getMaxListeners: [Function: getMaxListeners],
emit: [Function: emit],
addListener: [Function: addListener],
on: [Function: addListener],
once: [Function: once],
removeListener: [Function: removeListener],
removeAllListeners: [Function: removeAllListeners],
listeners: [Function: listeners],
listenerCount: [Function: listenerCount] } },
Transaction:
{ [Function: Transaction]
EventEmitter:
{ [Function: EventEmitter]
EventEmitter: [Circular],
usingDomains: false,
defaultMaxListeners: [Getter/Setter],
init: [Function],
listenerCount: [Function] },
usingDomains: false,
defaultMaxListeners: 10,
init: [Function],
listenerCount: [Function],
__super__:
EventEmitter {
domain: undefined,
_events: undefined,
_maxListeners: undefined,
setMaxListeners: [Function: setMaxListeners],
getMaxListeners: [Function: getMaxListeners],
emit: [Function: emit],
addListener: [Function: addListener],
on: [Function: addListener],
once: [Function: once],
removeListener: [Function: removeListener],
removeAllListeners: [Function: removeAllListeners],
listeners: [Function: listeners],
listenerCount: [Function: listenerCount] } },
Request:
{ [Function: Request]
EventEmitter:
{ [Function: EventEmitter]
EventEmitter: [Circular],
usingDomains: false,
defaultMaxListeners: [Getter/Setter],
init: [Function],
listenerCount: [Function] },
usingDomains: false,
defaultMaxListeners: 10,
init: [Function],
listenerCount: [Function],
__super__:
EventEmitter {
domain: undefined,
_events: undefined,
_maxListeners: undefined,
setMaxListeners: [Function: setMaxListeners],
getMaxListeners: [Function: getMaxListeners],
emit: [Function: emit],
addListener: [Function: addListener],
on: [Function: addListener],
once: [Function: once],
removeListener: [Function: removeListener],
removeAllListeners: [Function: removeAllListeners],
listeners: [Function: listeners],
listenerCount: [Function: listenerCount] } },
Table: { [Function: Table] fromRecordset: [Function] },
PreparedStatement:
{ [Function: PreparedStatement]
EventEmitter:
{ [Function: EventEmitter]
EventEmitter: [Circular],
usingDomains: false,
defaultMaxListeners: [Getter/Setter],
init: [Function],
listenerCount: [Function] },
usingDomains: false,
defaultMaxListeners: 10,
init: [Function],
listenerCount: [Function],
__super__:
EventEmitter {
domain: undefined,
_events: undefined,
_maxListeners: undefined,
setMaxListeners: [Function: setMaxListeners],
getMaxListeners: [Function: getMaxListeners],
emit: [Function: emit],
addListener: [Function: addListener],
on: [Function: addListener],
once: [Function: once],
removeListener: [Function: removeListener],
removeAllListeners: [Function: removeAllListeners],
listeners: [Function: listeners],
listenerCount: [Function: listenerCount] } },
ConnectionError:
{ [Function: ConnectionError]
captureStackTrace: [Function: captureStackTrace],
stackTraceLimit: 10,
prepareStackTrace: undefined,
__super__: [Error] },
TransactionError:
{ [Function: TransactionError]
captureStackTrace: [Function: captureStackTrace],
stackTraceLimit: 10,
prepareStackTrace: undefined,
__super__: [Error] },
RequestError:
{ [Function: RequestError]
captureStackTrace: [Function: captureStackTrace],
stackTraceLimit: 10,
prepareStackTrace: undefined,
__super__: [Error] },
PreparedStatementError:
{ [Function: PreparedStatementError]
captureStackTrace: [Function: captureStackTrace],
stackTraceLimit: 10,
prepareStackTrace: undefined,
__super__: [Error] },
ISOLATION_LEVEL:
{ READ_UNCOMMITTED: 1,
READ_COMMITTED: 2,
REPEATABLE_READ: 3,
SERIALIZABLE: 4,
SNAPSHOT: 5 },
DRIVERS: [ 'msnodesql', 'tedious', 'tds', 'msnodesqlv8' ],
TYPES:
{ VarChar: [sql.VarChar],
NVarChar: [sql.NVarChar],
Text: [sql.Text],
Int: [sql.Int],
BigInt: [sql.BigInt],
TinyInt: [sql.TinyInt],
SmallInt: [sql.SmallInt],
Bit: [sql.Bit],
Float: [sql.Float],
Numeric: [sql.Numeric],
Decimal: [sql.Decimal],
Real: [sql.Real],
Date: [sql.Date],
DateTime: [sql.DateTime],
DateTime2: [sql.DateTime2],
DateTimeOffset: [sql.DateTimeOffset],
SmallDateTime: [sql.SmallDateTime],
Time: [sql.Time],
UniqueIdentifier: [sql.UniqueIdentifier],
SmallMoney: [sql.SmallMoney],
Money: [sql.Money],
Binary: [sql.Binary],
VarBinary: [sql.VarBinary],
Image: [sql.Image],
Xml: [sql.Xml],
Char: [sql.Char],
NChar: [sql.NChar],
NText: [sql.NText],
TVP: [sql.TVP],
UDT: [sql.UDT],
Geography: [sql.Geography],
Geometry: [sql.Geometry],
Variant: [sql.Variant] },
MAX: 65535,
map:
[ { js: [Function: String], sql: [sql.NVarChar] },
{ js: [Function: Number], sql: [sql.Int] },
{ js: [Function: Boolean], sql: [sql.Bit] },
{ js: [Function: Date], sql: [sql.DateTime] },
{ js: [Object], sql: [sql.VarBinary] },
{ js: [Object], sql: [sql.TVP] },
register: [Function] ],
fix: true,
Promise: [Function: Promise],
VarChar: [sql.VarChar],
VARCHAR: [sql.VarChar],
NVarChar: [sql.NVarChar],
NVARCHAR: [sql.NVarChar],
Text: [sql.Text],
TEXT: [sql.Text],
Int: [sql.Int],
INT: [sql.Int],
BigInt: [sql.BigInt],
BIGINT: [sql.BigInt],
TinyInt: [sql.TinyInt],
TINYINT: [sql.TinyInt],
SmallInt: [sql.SmallInt],
SMALLINT: [sql.SmallInt],
Bit: [sql.Bit],
BIT: [sql.Bit],
Float: [sql.Float],
FLOAT: [sql.Float],
Numeric: [sql.Numeric],
NUMERIC: [sql.Numeric],
Decimal: [sql.Decimal],
DECIMAL: [sql.Decimal],
Real: [sql.Real],
REAL: [sql.Real],
Date: [sql.Date],
DATE: [sql.Date],
DateTime: [sql.DateTime],
DATETIME: [sql.DateTime],
DateTime2: [sql.DateTime2],
DATETIME2: [sql.DateTime2],
DateTimeOffset: [sql.DateTimeOffset],
DATETIMEOFFSET: [sql.DateTimeOffset],
SmallDateTime: [sql.SmallDateTime],
SMALLDATETIME: [sql.SmallDateTime],
Time: [sql.Time],
TIME: [sql.Time],
UniqueIdentifier: [sql.UniqueIdentifier],
UNIQUEIDENTIFIER: [sql.UniqueIdentifier],
SmallMoney: [sql.SmallMoney],
SMALLMONEY: [sql.SmallMoney],
Money: [sql.Money],
MONEY: [sql.Money],
Binary: [sql.Binary],
BINARY: [sql.Binary],
VarBinary: [sql.VarBinary],
VARBINARY: [sql.VarBinary],
Image: [sql.Image],
IMAGE: [sql.Image],
Xml: [sql.Xml],
XML: [sql.Xml],
Char: [sql.Char],
CHAR: [sql.Char],
NChar: [sql.NChar],
NCHAR: [sql.NChar],
NText: [sql.NText],
NTEXT: [sql.NText],
TVP: [sql.TVP],
UDT: [sql.UDT],
Geography: [sql.Geography],
GEOGRAPHY: [sql.Geography],
Geometry: [sql.Geometry],
GEOMETRY: [sql.Geometry],
Variant: [sql.Variant],
VARIANT: [sql.Variant],
pool: { max: 10, min: 0, idleTimeoutMillis: 30000 },
connection: { userName: '', password: '', server: '' },
init: [Function] }
I can't help but notice the lack of credentials here. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Answer 1

Looks like an issue of asynchronisity, try doing it on the request directly, like the mssql npm example:
var sql = require('mssql');
bookRouter.route('/')
.get(function(req, res){
sql.Request().query('select * from books')
.then(function(recordset){
console.log(recordset);
res.render('BookListView', {
title: 'Hello from Books',
nav: nav,
books: books
});
}).catch(function(err){
// some error handling
});
});