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Great question! To efficiently sync a user's interests (stored as a JS array) with your Drizzle/Postgres backend when they update their interests via a mutation, you should:
1. Data Model
Assume:
personstable (id, name, ...)intereststable (id, name)person_intereststable (person_id, interest_id) — many-to-many relationship
2. Frontend Flow
- User sends the full, updated array of interests (e.g.
["music", "coding", "cooking"]) when they save.
3. Backend Mutation Steps
a. Upsert interests
- For each interest in the array, ensure it exists in the
intereststable.- Use Drizzle’s
insertwithonConflictDoNothing(or similar) to avoid duplicates.
- Use Drizzle’s
b. Fetch Interest IDs
- Retrieve all interest IDs for the submitted names.
c. Sync Person's Interests
- Fetch the current interests for the person from
person_interests. - Compute:
- To Add: Interests in the new array but not in DB.
- To Remove: Interests in DB but not in the new array.
- Use Drizzle to insert new links and delete old ones.
Sample Drizzle Code
// 1. Upsert interests
await db.insert(interests).values(
newInterests.map(name => ({ name }))
).onConflictDoNothing(); // prevents duplicate interest names
// 2. Get interest IDs
const interestRecords = await db
.select({ id: interests.id, name: interests.name })
.from(interests)
.where(in(interests.name, newInterests));
const interestIdMap = Object.fromEntries(
interestRecords.map(rec => [rec.name, rec.id])
);
// 3. Get current user's interests
const currentLinks = await db
.select({ interest_id: person_interests.interest_id })
.from(person_interests)
.where(eq(person_interests.person_id, personId));
const currentInterestIds = new Set(currentLinks.map(l => l.interest_id));
const newInterestIds = new Set(Object.values(interestIdMap));
// 4. Compute changes
const toAdd = [...newInterestIds].filter(id => !currentInterestIds.has(id));
const toRemove = [...currentInterestIds].filter(id => !newInterestIds.has(id));
// 5. Add new links
if (toAdd.length > 0) {
await db.insert(person_interests).values(
toAdd.map(interest_id => ({
person_id: personId,
interest_id,
}))
);
}
// 6. Remove old links
if (toRemove.length > 0) {
await db.delete(person_interests)
.where(
and(
eq(person_interests.person_id, personId),
in(person_interests.interest_id, toRemove)
)
);
}Why this approach?
- Efficient: Only adds/removes what's changed.
- Prevents duplicates.
- Handles many-to-many properly.
- Works with Drizzle and Postgres.
Tips
- Wrap in a transaction for atomicity.
- Validate input on the backend.
- You do not update interests themselves, just the linking table.
If your interests are not a separate table (i.e., you store them as a JSON array), the approach is simpler (just update the array), but you'll lose normalization, searchability, and de-duplication features.
Let me know if you want the code adapted for a different schema or want transaction handling!
To type a generic ReactNode that guarantees a className prop, you’ll want to constrain the type to a React element that accepts props — particularly one that includes className. A plain ReactNode is too flexible (it can be a string, fragment, boolean, etc.), so you’ll need a more refined approach.
Here’s a pattern that works well:
import React, { ReactElement, ComponentType } from 'react';
type WithClassNameProps = {
className?: string;
};
type Props<T extends ComponentType<WithClassNameProps>> = {
Component: T;
};
// Example usage
const Wrapper = <T extends ComponentType<WithClassNameProps>>({
Component,
}: Props<T>) => {
return <Component className="my-class" />;
};🔍 What’s happening here:
ComponentType<P>is a generic for a React component that accepts props of typeP.- We're restricting it with
WithClassNamePropsso we know for sure it acceptsclassName. - This ensures your passed-in
Component(like adiv,button, or custom component) will support theclassNameprop at type level.
If you’re passing an actual element (like <div />) rather than a component reference, you’d use ReactElement<WithClassNameProps> instead.
Would you like an example with JSX-style children too? Or maybe you want to extend the prop checks even further?
React.cloneElement is a powerful—but often misunderstood—tool in React’s arsenal. It lets you create a new React element based on an existing one, while overriding or adding props and children. Here's why and when you'd use it:
🧩 Why Use React.cloneElement()
- Inject props into children: Useful when a parent component needs to modify or extend its children without changing their original implementation.
- Enhance reusability: You can build flexible, reusable UI components by dynamically customizing child elements.
- Avoid prop drilling: Instead of passing props through multiple layers, cloneElement lets you inject them directly.
📦 Common Use Cases
-
Customizing child components:
const cloned = React.cloneElement(<Button />, { color: 'red' });
This creates a new
<Button />with thecolorprop set to'red'. -
Dynamic rendering in lists:
React.Children.map(children, (child, index) => React.cloneElement(child, { isActive: index === selectedIndex }) );
This is handy for components like tabs or selectable lists.
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Wrapping components with additional behavior:
For example, adding event handlers or styling to children passed into a container.
⚠️ Caveats
- Can make code harder to trace: Since props are injected dynamically, it’s not always obvious where they come from.
- Not ideal for static typing: TypeScript may struggle with inferred props when using cloneElement.
- Better alternatives often exist: Consider using render props, context, or custom hooks for clearer data flow.
Would you like to see a real-world example or explore alternatives like render props or context?
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const [selection, setSelection] = useState({ state: {}, items: [] });
const table = useReactTable({
data,
columns,
getRowId: row => row.id,
state: { rowSelection: selection.state },
onRowSelectionChange: updater => {
const newState = updater(selection.state);
const selectedItems = data.filter(item => newState[item.id]);
setSelection({ state: newState, items: selectedItems });
},
});
type OnlyArrays<T> = {
[K in keyof T]: T[K] extends any[] ? K : never
}[keyof T]
type ArrayItemType<T> = T extends (infer U)[] ? U : never;
function access<
T extends object,
K extends OnlyArrays<T>,
A extends (a: ArrayItemType<T[K]>) => boolean
>
(first: T, key: K, func: A): {
added: Array<ArrayItemType<T[K]>>
} {
const added = (first[key] as Array<ArrayItemType<T[K]>>).filter(func)
return {
added,
}
}
access(obj, "addresses", (a) => true);improvement
function access<
T extends Record<K, any[]>,
K extends keyof T,
A extends (a: ArrayItemType<T[K]>) => boolean
>(
first: T,
key: K,
func: A
): {
added: ArrayItemType<T[K]>[]
} {
const added = first[key].filter(func);
return { added };
}
To handle dependent queries in TanStack React Query (react-query), you typically want the second query to wait until the first query has completed and provided the necessary data. The key is to use the
enabledoption in your second query, so it only runs when the first query is successful and its data is available.Here’s how you can do it:
Explanation:
enabledproperty to ensure it only runs whenfirstDatais available (i.e., after the first query has finished successfully).References:
Let me know if you need a more detailed example!