Tconvex-helpers `Table` helper loses type safety
Hello, Convex community!
First off, I want to express my admiration for Convex. I'm genuinely impressed by the onboarding process and the developer experience. It's been a delight working with the stack!
However, I've run into a puzzling issue while exploring Convex, specifically related to type inference in TypeScript, and I'm hoping someone might help shed some light on it.
In my project, I have a users.ts file that defines a User table using Convex's helper functions, like so:
https://ibb.co/BwVsx0G
in my schema.ts I use it as follows :
https://ibb.co/N7QnHyB
Here's the issue, on the user.ts file, if I hover-over the User type TS infers it as object of [x: string]: any
https://ibb.co/fdx5GhK
Hovering over the schema.users the type is like the below :
https://ibb.co/8mQ9tLF
Strangely, if I skip the Table() convex-helper and i export the userFields and directly use them in the schema.ts file with defineTable(userFields) <-- the types are inferred correctly (see below):
https://ibb.co/xJLMGBS
What am I doing wrong here ?
Any insights or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help!
First off, I want to express my admiration for Convex. I'm genuinely impressed by the onboarding process and the developer experience. It's been a delight working with the stack!
However, I've run into a puzzling issue while exploring Convex, specifically related to type inference in TypeScript, and I'm hoping someone might help shed some light on it.
In my project, I have a users.ts file that defines a User table using Convex's helper functions, like so:
https://ibb.co/BwVsx0G
in my schema.ts I use it as follows :
https://ibb.co/N7QnHyB
Here's the issue, on the user.ts file, if I hover-over the User type TS infers it as object of [x: string]: any
https://ibb.co/fdx5GhK
Hovering over the schema.users the type is like the below :
https://ibb.co/8mQ9tLF
Strangely, if I skip the Table() convex-helper and i export the userFields and directly use them in the schema.ts file with defineTable(userFields) <-- the types are inferred correctly (see below):
https://ibb.co/xJLMGBS
What am I doing wrong here ?
Any insights or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help!
