From 903edcbe542d89df854d9ea2731b1295bb086bbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sandro Munda <sandro@munda.me>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:31:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Error handling - Catch properly the error when DATABASE_URL
 does not exist.

---
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 2 ++
 templates/app/models/index.js | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a3d919af..c8115704 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Change Log
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- Error handling - Catch properly the error when DATABASE_URL does not exist.
 
 ## Release 1.11.1
 ### Changed
diff --git a/templates/app/models/index.js b/templates/app/models/index.js
index 281a3b44..6bf140fb 100644
--- a/templates/app/models/index.js
+++ b/templates/app/models/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const Sequelize = require('sequelize');
 
+if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
+  console.error('Cannot connect to the database. Please declare the DATABASE_URL environment variable with the correct database connection string.');
+  process.exit();
+}
+
 let databaseOptions = {
   logging: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? console.log : false,
   pool: { maxConnections: 10, minConnections: 1 },