Nodejs and Postgres 'pg' package await keyword unrecognized

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I am new to both Nodejs and Postgres. I am attempting to build a small node application using express to just connect to a postgres DB and do a simple query. I found this guide, https://node-postgres.com/, and have installed this pg package.

I cut and pasted the first block of code into my method, and it won't run. It is crashing at the following line. If I take the await keyword out completely and start the server, it runs, but the query doesn't work.

 await client.connect()

Follow this article or this one.

vitaly-t
– vitaly-t

2017-10-06 14:51:09 +00:00
Commented Oct 6, 2017 at 14:51 — vitaly-t
– vitaly-t, Commented Oct 6, 2017 at 14:51

Raphael Serota · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-06 18:12:04Z

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the await keyword is new in node version 7.6. Try running node -v to see what version of node you're currently using. If it's less than 7.6, you'll probably need to update in order to use await.

edited Oct 6, 2017 at 18:12

answered Oct 6, 2017 at 16:47

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vitaly-t Over a year ago

The await became available by default since Node 7.6. Before that parameter --harmony could enable it.

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