# Unable to set up the vercel environment during deploying the site.
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Description
When I after following every instruction I ran vercel from the cli, I also I have tried from the vercel website but it says that it is having a problem the problem log is as follows :
Creating an optimized production build ...
✓ Compiled successfully
✓ Linting and checking validity of types
Collecting page data .tl [VercelPostgresError]: VercelPostgresError - 'missing_connection_string': You did not supply a 'connectionString' and no 'POSTGRES_URL' env var was found.
at tf (C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard.next\server\app\seed\route.js:60:5026)
at Object.get (C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard.next\server\app\seed\route.js:60:6072)
at C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard.next\server\app\seed\route.js:1:3990
at t.a (C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard.next\server\webpack-runtime.js:1:866)
at 1507 (C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard.next\server\app\seed\route.js:1:3883)
at t (C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard.next\server\webpack-runtime.js:1:127)
at C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard.next\server\app\seed\route.js:1:1176
at t.a (C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard.next\server\webpack-runtime.js:1:866)
at 2920 (C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard.next\server\app\seed\route.js:1:967)
at t (C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard.next\server\webpack-runtime.js:1:127) {
code: 'missing_connection_string'
}
Build error occurred
Error: Failed to collect page data for /seed
at C:\Users\My\Programming\nextjs-dashboard\node_modules.pnpm\next@15.0.0-rc.0_react-dom@19.0.0-rc-f994737d14-20240522_react@19.0.0-rc-f994737d14-20240522\node_modules\next\dist\build\utils.js:1274:15
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) {
type: 'Error'
}
Collecting page data . ELIFECYCLE Command failed with exit code 1.
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Research direction
Start with the /seed route referenced in the build error and review the deployment instructions for the required Vercel Postgres environment variables. Reproduce the deployment with the reported missing POSTGRES_URL condition, then verify that the site builds successfully after the required connection string is configured.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- next.js, postgres, typescript
- Domain
- cloud, database, devops
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100