From 12218a05183171151a654b2969af92b4473273e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Chenkie <chenkie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 11:08:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add docs for ulid (#6571)

* add docs for ulid

* Update content/200-orm/500-reference/100-prisma-schema-reference.mdx

* Update content/200-orm/500-reference/100-prisma-schema-reference.mdx

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Co-authored-by: Nikolas <nikolas.burk@gmail.com>
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 .../100-prisma-schema-reference.mdx           | 77 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/content/200-orm/500-reference/100-prisma-schema-reference.mdx b/content/200-orm/500-reference/100-prisma-schema-reference.mdx
index e782a27187..526989463f 100644
--- a/content/200-orm/500-reference/100-prisma-schema-reference.mdx
+++ b/content/200-orm/500-reference/100-prisma-schema-reference.mdx
@@ -1166,6 +1166,7 @@ Defines a single-field ID on the model.
   - [`autoincrement()`](#autoincrement)
   - [`cuid()`](#cuid)
   - [`uuid()`](#uuid)
+  - [`ulid()`](#ulid)
 
 - Can be defined on any scalar field (`String`, `Int`, `enum`)
 
@@ -1190,7 +1191,7 @@ Defines a single-field ID on the model.
     id   String  @db.ObjectId  @map("_id") @default(auto())
     ```
 
-- [`cuid()`](#cuid) and [`uuid()`](#uuid) are supported but do not generate a valid `ObjectId` - use `auto()` instead for `@id`
+- [`cuid()`](#cuid), [`uuid()`](#uuid) and [`ulid()`](#ulid) are supported but do not generate a valid `ObjectId` - use `auto()` instead for `@id`
 - `autoincrement()` is **not supported**
 
 #### Arguments
@@ -1314,6 +1315,43 @@ id    String  @id @default(auto()) @db.ObjectId @map("_id")
 
 </TabbedContent>
 
+##### Generate `ulid()` values as IDs
+
+<TabbedContent code>
+
+<TabItem value="Relational databases">
+
+```prisma
+model User {
+  id   String @id @default(ulid())
+  name String
+}
+```
+
+</TabItem>
+
+<TabItem value="MongoDB">
+
+```prisma
+model User {
+  id   String @id @default(ulid()) @map("_id")
+  name String
+}
+```
+
+<Admonition type="warning">
+
+You cannot use `ulid()` to generate a default value if your `id` field is of type `ObjectId`. Use the following syntax to generate a valid `ObjectId`:
+
+```prisma
+id    String  @id @default(auto()) @db.ObjectId @map("_id")
+```
+
+</Admonition>
+</TabItem>
+
+</TabbedContent>
+
 ##### Single-field IDs _without_ default values
 
 In the following example, `id` does not have a default value:
@@ -1607,6 +1645,7 @@ Defines a [default value for a field](/orm/prisma-schema/data-model/models#defin
   - [`uuid()`](#uuid)
   - [`uuid(4)`](#uuid)
   - [`uuid(7)`](#uuid)
+  - [`ulid()`](#ulid)
   - [`nanoid()`](#nanoid)
   - [`now()`](#now)
 - Default values that cannot yet be represented in the Prisma schema are represented by the [`dbgenerated(...)` function](#dbgenerated) when you use [introspection](/orm/prisma-schema/introspection).
@@ -1620,6 +1659,7 @@ Defines a [default value for a field](/orm/prisma-schema/data-model/models#defin
   - [`auto()`](#auto) (can only be used with `@db.ObjectId` to generate an `ObjectId` in MongoDB)
   - [`cuid()`](#cuid)
   - [`uuid()`](#uuid)
+  - [`ulid()`](#ulid)
   - [`now()`](#now)
 
 #### Arguments
@@ -3148,6 +3188,41 @@ model User {
 </TabItem>
 </TabbedContent>
 
+### `ulid()`
+
+Generate a universally unique lexicographically sortable identifier based on the [ULID](https://github.com/ulid/spec) spec.
+
+#### Remarks
+
+- `ulid()` will produce 128-bit random identifier represented as a 26-character long alphanumeric string, e.g.: `01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV`
+
+#### Examples
+
+##### Generate `ulid()` values as IDs
+
+<TabbedContent code>
+<TabItem value="Relational databases">
+
+```prisma
+model User {
+  id   String @id @default(ulid())
+  name String
+}
+```
+
+</TabItem>
+<TabItem value="MongoDB">
+
+```prisma
+model User {
+  id   String @id @default(ulid()) @map("_id")
+  name String
+}
+```
+
+</TabItem>
+</TabbedContent>
+
 ### `nanoid()`
 
 Generated values based on the [Nano ID](https://github.com/ai/nanoid) spec. `nanoid()` accepts an integer value between 2 and 255 that specifies the _length_ of the generate ID value, e.g. `nanoid(16)` will generated ID with 16 characters. If you don't provide a value to the nanoid() function, the default value is 21.