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+import { PrismaClient, Prisma } from '../generated/prisma';
+
+// Global variable to store the Prisma client instance
+const globalForPrisma = globalThis as unknown as {
+  prisma: PrismaClient | undefined;
+};
+
+// Create Prisma client with logging
+export const prisma = globalForPrisma.prisma ?? new PrismaClient({
+  log: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' 
+    ? ['query', 'error', 'warn'] 
+    : ['error'],
+});
+
+// Prevent multiple instances in development
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+  globalForPrisma.prisma = prisma;
+}
+
+// Database initialization function
+export async function initializeDatabase() {
+  try {
+    console.log('[DB] Initializing database connection...');
+    
+    // Test connection
+    await prisma.$connect();
+    console.log('[DB] Database connection established');
+    
+    // Ensure core properties exist (name, description)
+    await prisma.property.upsert({
+      where: { name: 'name' },
+      update: {},
+      create: { name: 'name', globalUsageCount: 0 }
+    });
+    
+    await prisma.property.upsert({
+      where: { name: 'description' },
+      update: {},
+      create: { name: 'description', globalUsageCount: 0 }
+    });
+    
+    console.log('[DB] Core properties initialized');
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('[DB] Failed to initialize database:', error);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+// Graceful shutdown
+export async function disconnectDatabase() {
+  try {
+    await prisma.$disconnect();
+    console.log('[DB] Database connection closed');
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('[DB] Error closing database connection:', error);
+  }
+}
+
+// Helper function for transactions
+export async function withTransaction<T>(
+  callback: (tx: Prisma.TransactionClient) => Promise<T>
+): Promise<T> {
+  return await prisma.$transaction(async (tx) => {
+    console.log('[DB] Transaction started');
+    try {
+      const result = await callback(tx);
+      console.log('[DB] Transaction completed successfully');
+      return result;
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.log('[DB] Transaction failed:', error);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+// Debug function
+export async function debugDump() {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development') return;
+  
+  console.log('[DATABASE DEBUG] URLs:');
+  const urls = await prisma.url.findMany();
+  urls.forEach(url => {
+    console.log(`[DATABASE DEBUG] ID: ${url.id}, URL: ${url.url}`);
+  });
+  
+  console.log('[DATABASE DEBUG] Items:');
+  const items = await prisma.item.findMany({
+    include: {
+      itemProperties: {
+        include: { property: true }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+  
+  items.forEach(item => {
+    const nameProperty = item.itemProperties.find(ip => ip.property.name === 'name');
+    console.log(`[DATABASE DEBUG] ID: ${item.id}, Name: '${nameProperty?.value || 'Unknown'}'`);
+  });
+}
+
+export default prisma;
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