if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("AutoMigrate err:%v", err)
	}

	ct, err := findColumnType(&DiffType{}, "name")
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("findColumnType err:%v", err)
	}

	AssertEqual(t, "varchar", strings.ToLower(ct.DatabaseTypeName()))

	err = DB.Table("diff_types").AutoMigrate(&DiffType1{})
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("AutoMigrate err:%v", err)
	}

    SQLModel will know that something declared as `str` will be a SQL column of type `TEXT` (or `VARCHAR`, depending on the database).

### Create an Engine { #create-an-engine }

A SQLModel `engine` (underneath it's actually a SQLAlchemy `engine`) is what **holds the connections** to the database.