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Unknown data type "JSONB" when running tests in play slick with H2 Database


I have evolution problem Unknown data type: "JSONB" when running tests in playframework using

  • playframework v2.6.6 for scala
  • play-slick v3.0.2
  • play-slick-evolutions v3.0.2
  • postgresql - 42.0.0
  • h2database - 1.4.194

My H2DbConnector looks like this:

import entities.StubData._
import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfterAll, FunSuite}
import play.api.db.DBApi
import play.api.db.evolutions.Evolutions
import play.api.inject.guice.GuiceApplicationBuilder

trait H2DbConnector extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
  val appBuilder = new GuiceApplicationBuilder()
    .configure(configuration)

  val injector = appBuilder.injector
  lazy val databaseApi = injector.instanceOf[DBApi]

  override def beforeAll() = {
    Evolutions.applyEvolutions(databaseApi.database("default"))
  }

  override def afterAll() = {
    Evolutions.cleanupEvolutions(databaseApi.database("default"))
  }
}

In application.test.conf

slick.dbs.default.driver = "slick.driver.H2Driver$"
slick.dbs.default.db.driver = "org.h2.Driver"
slick.dbs.default.db.url = "jdbc:h2:mem:play;MODE=PostgreSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_UPPER=FALSE"

I've got one problematic line in evolutions 2.sql file

ALTER TABLE "Messages" ADD COLUMN "metaJson" JSONB NULL;

When I run dao tests getting error like

2017-12-21 16:08:40,409 [error] p.a.d.e.DefaultEvolutionsApi - Unknown data type: "JSONB"; SQL statement:
ALTER TABLE "Messages" ADD COLUMN "metaJson" JSONB NULL [50004-194] [ERROR:50004, SQLSTATE:HY004]
[info] OptoutsDaoTest *** ABORTED ***
[info]   play.api.db.evolutions.InconsistentDatabase: Database 'default' is in an inconsistent state![An evolution has not been applied properly. Please check the problem and resolve it manually before marking it as resolved.]
[info]   at play.api.db.evolutions.DatabaseEvolutions.$anonfun$checkEvolutionsState$3(EvolutionsApi.scala:285)
[info]   at play.api.db.evolutions.DatabaseEvolutions.$anonfun$checkEvolutionsState$3$adapted(EvolutionsApi.scala:270)
[info]   at play.api.db.evolutions.DatabaseEvolutions.executeQuery(EvolutionsApi.scala:317)
[info]   at play.api.db.evolutions.DatabaseEvolutions.checkEvolutionsState(EvolutionsApi.scala:270)
[info]   at play.api.db.evolutions.DatabaseEvolutions.evolve(EvolutionsApi.scala:239)
[info]   at play.api.db.evolutions.Evolutions$.applyEvolutions(Evolutions.scala:193)
[info]   at H2DbConnector.beforeAll(H2DbConnector.scala:15)
[info]   at H2DbConnector.beforeAll$(H2DbConnector.scala:14)
[info]   at OptoutsDaoTest.beforeAll(OptoutsDaoTest.scala:5)
[info]   at org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll.liftedTree1$1(BeforeAndAfterAll.scala:212)
[info]   ...

Could you help me please to fix this issue?


Solution

  • H2 does not support JSONB column type.

    All supported column types Supported datatypes of H2

    Try to use postgres also in tests or write standard SQL statments which both databases understand.