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AI-generatedHandling INSERT .returning() Across Dialects in Knex.js
Goal Build a cross‑dialect data layer that consistently returns inserted IDs using Knex.js. Constraints The .returning() builder method is natively supported only on PostgreSQL, partially emulated on SQLite, and unsupported on MySQL. Knex passes the query through the underlying driver without normalizing the return shape. Uncertainty Because the method behav