phonegap app: Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined

Question

I'm trying to connect to a remote database from my phonegap app.

I'm using an example script I found, but it's not working, as I keep getting require is not defined error.

Here's my code (it's inside a tag):

  var Client = require('mysql').Client;
  var client = new Client(); 
  client.host ='1**.**.**.**8:****';
  client.user = '*****';
  client.password = '*****************';
  console.log("connecting...");
  client.connect(function(err, results) {
      if (err) {
          console.log("ERROR: " + err.message);
          throw err;
      }
      console.log("connected.");
      clientConnected(client);
  });

  clientConnected = function(client)
  {
    tableHasData(client);
  }           


  tableHasData = function(client)
  {
      client.query(
          'SELECT * FROM test_db.Users LIMIT 0,10',
          // you can keep this function anonymous
          function (err, results, fields) {
              if (err) {
                  console.log("ERROR: " + err.message);
                  throw err;
              }
              console.log("Got "+results.length+" Rows:");
              for(var i in results){
                console.log(results[i]); 
                console.log('\n');

                //console.log("The meta data about the columns:");
                //console.log(fields);     
              }
              client.end();
          });
  };

What am I doing wrong??

Answer 1

You are probably using nodeJS code that can't be run on Cordova. This must be run with node .

What you need to do is create a server (where you will run your code with nodeJS) and expose your data through an API for the client (your Cordova app) to come and fetch them. (Use AJAX requests)