Node.js mysql saving results of query into a variable for later use

Question

I want to save the results of my query from mysql into a variable. I know I can do stuff as long as I am in the callback or.then(). The problem I'm having is I want to load all of the member_ids (which get returned from the query) one time and use them when I want later. These values do not change and I don't want to keep querying the database everytime I want to access a member's ID. When going top to bottom, the first console.log has my results but the second one is undefined.

let members;
let connection = mysql2.createConnection({
    host: config.mysqlConnection.hostName,
    user: config.mysqlConnection.userName,
    password: config.mysqlConnection.password,
    database: config.mysqlConnection.databaseName
});
connection.connect();

async function getMembers() {
    const result = await new Promise((resolve) => {
        connection.query('Select * from MEMBER', (err, res) => {
            resolve(res)
        })
    })
    console.log(result);
    return result;
}
members = getMembers()
console.log(members)

Answer 1

Try members = await getMembers()

Answer 2

getMembers() is an async function so that it will return an promise, you may want an await before it