initial import

app/lib/sql-shim.ts

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+import { Client, QueryResult, QueryResultRow } from 'pg';
+
+const client = new Client({
+    // connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
+    host: process.env.POSTGRES_HOST,
+    user: process.env.POSTGRES_USER,
+    password: process.env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD,
+    database: process.env.POSTGRES_DB
+  });
+
+client.connect();
+
+/** an adapter function which simulates @vercel/postgres `sql` function */ 
+export function sql<T extends QueryResultRow>(strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: any[]): Promise<QueryResult<T>> {
+    // string values need to be wrapped in single quotes
+    const fixedValues = values.map((value) => {
+      if (typeof value === 'string') {
+        return `'${value}'`;
+      }
+      return value;
+    });
+  
+    const query = String.raw(strings, ...fixedValues);
+    return client.query<T>(query);
+  }