Insert Array of Structs into DB using gorm - postgresql

Question

I need to insert into a Postgresql database using gorm. But the struct in question has fields containing arrays of custom types:
type VideoFile struct {
UID string
FileName string
Format string
Path string
}
type myStruct struct {
ID string
UserId uint64
UserType int
FaceVideoFiles []VideoFile
MeetingVideoFiles []VideoFile
}
func (r *videoRepo) CreateRecord(input *myStruct) error {
tx := r.base.GetDB().Begin()
err := tx.Create(input).Error
if err != nil {
tx.Rollback()
return err
}
tx.Commit()
return nil
}
ID field is the primary key in database. I am not sure which tags to add to the struct fields so I leave it empty here (e.g. gorm:"primaryKey" json:"id", etc). If the FaceVideoFiles is not an array of struct, things seem to work, but that is not the case with an array of struct. What should I do so that I can insert those arrays of structs (not individual structs) into my database?

Answer 1

You have to use one to many. More information related to this. Please follow documentation. https://gorm.io/docs/has_many.html#Has-Many
type Dog struct {
ID int
Name string
Toys []Toy `gorm:"polymorphic:Owner;"`
}
type Toy struct {
ID int
Name string
OwnerID int
OwnerType string
}
db.Create(&Dog{Name: "dog1", Toys: []Toy{{Name: "toy1"}, {Name: "toy2"}}})
// INSERT INTO `dogs` (`name`) VALUES ("dog1")
// INSERT INTO `toys` (`name`,`owner_id`,`owner_type`) VALUES ("toy1","1","dogs"), ("toy2","1","dogs")