DB Connection URL in README doesn't work #7

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2026-03-15T21:26:59Z

DuwYAnne commented

2026-03-15 21:26:59 +00:00

Issue

When following README instructions, the app service with fail with an error: Error: Meta database configuration missing database name.
This is because the the db connection url contains the & character, which in some shells (like bash) will delineate the command and run the prefix in the background, leaving the connection url to be truncated as pg://db:5432?u=nocodb.

Proposed Fix

Surround the secret value with quotations in the README to be "pg://db:5432?u=nocodb&p=${DATABASE_PW}&d=nocodb"

Tested on abra version 0.13.0-beta-06a57de and recipe version 2.1.1+0.301.3

## Issue When following README instructions, the `app` service with fail with an error: `Error: Meta database configuration missing database name`. This is because the the db connection url contains the `&` character, which in some shells (like bash) will delineate the command and run the prefix in the background, leaving the connection url to be truncated as `pg://db:5432?u=nocodb`. ## Proposed Fix Surround the secret value with quotations in the README to be `"pg://db:5432?u=nocodb&p=${DATABASE_PW}&d=nocodb"` Tested on `abra version 0.13.0-beta-06a57de` and recipe version `2.1.1+0.301.3`

fauno referenced this issue from a commit

2026-04-15 15:11:50 +00:00

fix: suggest quoting the db url #7

fauno commented

2026-04-15 15:12:48 +00:00

hey, sorry for the delay! just fixed it, thanks! though i think we could avoid adding this secret manually and generate the db url within the entrypoint like we do in other recipes. i'll leave this issue open until i have time to work on it :)

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Reference: coop-cloud/nocodb#7