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+import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/node-postgres"
+import { Pool } from "pg"
+import * as schema from "./schema"
+
+const connectionString = process.env.DATABASE_URL || "postgresql://emberclone:emberclone@localhost:5433/emberclone"
+
+export const pool = new Pool({
+  connectionString
+})
+
+export const db = drizzle(pool, { schema })
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