Node-mysql not working properly... need debug ideas - mysql

Question

I am using node-mysql for the first time, and I have a program with no errors, no warnings, but is not working properly... Here is the code for the program, very simple:
var mysql = require('mysql');
var connection = mysql.createConnection({
host : 'localhost',
user : 'root',
password : '',
database: 'nodetest',
port: 8080
});
connection.connect();
var usr = "BLASHDASD"
var userId = usr;
var sql = 'UPDATE userlist SET user1= ' + connection.escape(userId) + ' WHERE id=1 ';
console.log(sql);
connection.query('sql', function(err, rows, fields) {
console.log(err);
console.log("BLAHSDBKASD");
});
connection.end();
And here is the console output:
C:\wamp\www\nodePHP-master\js>node nodeTest.js
UPDATE userlist SET user1= 'BLASHDASD' WHERE id=1
But nothing is happening in my MySQL table... I even copied and pasted the UPDATE line above and just ran it as SQL code and it worked great... Need some ideas of what is going on. Thanks a bunch
EDIT:
Answered my own question... was listening on wrong port, so connection was failing. Here is updated code for those interested/search in the future:
//TEST
var mysql = require('mysql');
var connection = mysql.createConnection({
host : 'localhost',
user : 'root',
password : '',
database: 'nodetest',
port: 3306,
});
connection.connect(function(err){
if(err) {
console.log(err)
} else {
console.log("connected");
}
});
var usr = "BLASHDASD"
var userId = usr;
var sql = 'UPDATE userlist SET user1= ' + connection.escape(userId) + ' WHERE id=1 ';
console.log(sql);
connection.query(sql, function(err, rows, fields) {
console.log(err);
});
connection.end();

Answer 1

You are having problems with node's asynchronous nature, a very common issue when coming to Node. You also had a small but significant error in your code (you have 'sql' as a quoted string), but here is something structurally similar that should point you in the right direction.
var mysql = require('mysql');
var connection = mysql.createConnection({
host : 'locahost',
user : 'foo',
password : 'bar',
database : 'test'
});
// the callback inside connect is called when the connection is good
connection.connect(function(err){
var sql = "select 'Joe' as name from dual";
connection.query(sql, function(err, rows, fields) {
if (err) return console.log(err);
// you need to end your connection inside here.
connection.end();
console.log(rows[0].name);
});
});
You will likely start wondering about ways to avoid all these callbacks. You may wish to look at my answer to this question for a more extended mysql example as well as an alternative implementation which offers an alternative to callback-mania.