Sequelize Unknown column '* .createdAt' in 'list of fields'

Question

I get the Unknown column 'userDetails.createdAt' in the 'list of fields' when I try to get using the association.

Using findAll without combining works fine.

My code is as follows:

 var userDetails = sequelize.define('userDetails', { userId :Sequelize.INTEGER, firstName : Sequelize.STRING, lastName : Sequelize.STRING, birthday : Sequelize.DATE }); var user = sequelize.define('user', { email: Sequelize.STRING, password: Sequelize.STRING }); user.hasOne(userDetails, {foreignKey: 'userId'}); user.findAll({include: [userDetails] }).success(function(user) { console.log(user) }); 

Answer 1

I think the error is that you have timestamps included in sequelize, but your actual table definitions in the database do not contain a timestamp column.

When you execute user.find, it just executes SELECT user.* , Which only accepts the columns that you have. But when you join, each column of the joined table will be an alias that creates the following query:

 SELECT `users`.*, `userDetails`.`userId` AS `userDetails.userId`,`userDetails`.`firstName` AS `userDetails.firstName`,`userDetails`.`lastName` AS `userDetails.lastName`, `userDetails`.`birthday` AS `userDetails.birthday`, `userDetails`.`id` AS `userDetails.id`, `userDetails`.`createdAt` AS `userDetails.createdAt`, `userDetails`.`updatedAt` AS `userDetails.updatedAt` FROM `users` LEFT OUTER JOIN `userDetails` AS `userDetails` ON `users`.`id` = `userDetails`.`userId`; 

The fix will disable timestamps for the userDetails model:

 var userDetails = sequelize.define('userDetails', { userId :Sequelize.INTEGER, firstName : Sequelize.STRING, lastName : Sequelize.STRING, birthday : Sequelize.DATE }, { timestamps: false }); 

or for all models:

 var sequelize = new Sequelize('sequelize_test', 'root', null, { host: "127.0.0.1", dialect: 'mysql', define: { timestamps: false } });