Add documentation about connection to the database

colonial-heritage · Sep 10, 2023 · 0b7bb74 · 0b7bb74
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     docker run --rm -it -v "$PWD":/app -w /app node:18 /bin/bash
 
+### connecting to the mySQL server
+If you are not planning to alter the database. Connecting to the PlanetScale development database is the easiest option.
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+Add `DATABASE_URL` environment variable the file `apps/researcher/.env.local`
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+If you want to test migration, you need a local database. You can read more about this in the [object-lists readme](packages/object-lists/README.md).
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 ### Install packages
 
     docker run --rm -it -v "$PWD":/app -w /app node:18 npm install --no-progress