I'm populating a database in PostgreSQL for a Newspaper Online. Now my doubt lies on how to insert a value into a table which only attribute is both a primary and a foreign key.
In this context, the admin is the first person to ever register an account. So idAdmin = idA = 1:
CREATE TABLE AUTENTICADO (
idA serial NOT NULL ,
login VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL,
password VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL,
email VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (idA) );
CREATE TABLE ADMIN (
idAdmin INT NOT NULL REFERENCES AUTENTICADO (idA),
PRIMARY KEY (idAdmin) );
It would be logical to insert values into 'ADMIN' as I tried below, although it is obviously not possible considering 'idAdmin' is a primary key (and a foreign key).
INSERT INTO AUTENTICADO VALUES ('john','adadfsfsdfs', 'john#random.com')
INSERT INTO ADMIN VALUES (1)
Is there a way to register that the first user to create an account (idA = 1) is the admin (idAdmin = idA = 1) ?
although it is obviously not possible considering 'idAdmin' is a
primary key (and a foreign key).
So what?
If you fix the first query to list the columns and use a returning clause to get the auto-generated value for the SERIAL ID, it just works:
INSERT INTO AUTENTICADO(login,password,email)
VALUES ('john','adadfsfsdfs', 'john#random.com')
returning idA;
Result:
ida
-----
1
(1 row)
Second query:
insert into admin values(1);
select * from admin;
Result:
idadmin
---------
1
Related
I am trying to set up the database model for lessons(session) and teachers(user), and I have the following sql right now, which assumes lessons and teachers in a many-to-many relationship:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "user";
CREATE TABLE "user" (
id INT PRIMARY KEY GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
email CITEXT UNIQUE CONSTRAINT email_length CHECK (char_length(email) <= 254),
password VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
);
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "session";
CREATE TABLE "session" (
id INT PRIMARY KEY GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
name VARCHAR(255),
event_id INT NOT NULL
);
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "session_user";
CREATE TABLE "session_user" (
id INT PRIMARY KEY GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
user_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES "user"(id),
session_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES "session"(id),
UNIQUE (user_id, session_id)
);
Now I need to implement a new functionality of role, which every user may have different role in a session. For example, in session A user X is the host and user Y is the assistant, whereas in session B user X is the assistant and user Y is the host. How can I model this relationship?
EDIT
Is the structure the right way to do what I want?
#Error description:
It's possible to create a table that has a foreign key into a hypertable provided the foreign key is defined when the table is created
#To Reproduce, there are next tables:
CREATE TABLE ids (
measurement_id int DEFAULT 0,
description text DEFAULT 0,
m_id bigserial NOT NULL,
service_id int DEFAULT NULL,
time bigint NOT NULL DEFAULT cast((EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM now() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC') * 1000) as bigint),
user_id int DEFAULT NULL,
end_time DOUBLE PRECISION DEFAULT 0,
start_time int NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
);
CREATE INDEX ON ids (time DESC, user_id);
CREATE INDEX ON ids (time DESC, service_id);
SELECT create_hypertable('ids', 'start_time', chunk_time_interval => 604800016);
---------
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS metrics (
id bigserial NOT NULL,
duration real DEFAULT NULL,
metric integer DEFAULT 0,
m_id bigint NOT NULL,
time bigint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
);
ALTER TABLE metrics ADD PRIMARY KEY (time, m_id);
CREATE INDEX ON metrics (time DESC);
CREATE INDEX ON metrics (time DESC, measurement );
CREATE INDEX ON metrics (time DESC, m_id );
grant all privileges on ids, metrics to your_db_user;
SELECT create_hypertable('metrics', 'time' , chunk_time_interval => 604800016);
SELECT table_catalog, table_schema, table_name, privilege_type FROM information_schema.table_privileges WHERE grantee = 'your_db_user';
---------
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS resource;
CREATE TABLE resource(
id int NOT NULL,
cpu text DEFAULT 0,
storing text DEFAULT 0,
memory text DEFAULT 0
);
ALTER TABLE resource ADD PRIMARY KEY (id);
CREATE SEQUENCE resource_id_seq
INCREMENT 1
MINVALUE 1
MAXVALUE 2147483647
START 1
CACHE 1;
ALTER TABLE resource_id_seq
OWNER TO your_db_user;
ALTER TABLE resource ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('resource_id_seq'::regclass);
---------
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp";
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ns;
CREATE TABLE ns(
id bigint NOT NULL,
uuid uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4 (),
availability double precision,
faultTolerance boolean,
activated boolean,
UNIQUE (id, uuid),
PRIMARY KEY(id),
CONSTRAINT fk_resource
FOREIGN KEY(id)
REFERENCES resource(id)
ON DELETE CASCADE
);
CREATE SEQUENCE ns_id_seq
INCREMENT 1
MINVALUE 1
MAXVALUE 9223372036854775807
START 1
CACHE 1;
ALTER TABLE ns_id_seq
OWNER TO your_db_user;
ALTER TABLE ns ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('ns_id_seq'::regclass);
---------
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS authentication;
CREATE TABLE authentication(
id integer NOT NULL,
username character varying(255) NOT NULL,
password character varying(255) NOT NULL,
host character varying(255) NOT NULL,
port character varying(10) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(id)
);
CREATE SEQUENCE auth_id_seq
INCREMENT 1
MINVALUE 1
MAXVALUE 2147483647
START 1
CACHE 1;
ALTER TABLE auth_id_seq
OWNER TO your_db_user;
ALTER TABLE authentication ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('auth_id_seq'::regclass);
---------
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS job;
CREATE TABLE job(
id int NOT NULL,
interval integer NOT NULL,
auth_id integer REFERENCES authentication (id),
ns_id integer REFERENCES ns (id),
UNIQUE (auth_id, ns_id),
PRIMARY KEY(id)
);
ALTER TABLE job
ADD CONSTRAINT fk_auth_id
FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES authentication (id)
ON DELETE CASCADE
DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
ALTER TABLE job
ADD CONSTRAINT fk_ns_id
FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES ns (id)
ON DELETE CASCADE
DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
CREATE SEQUENCE job_id_seq
INCREMENT 1
MINVALUE 1
MAXVALUE 2147483647
START 1
CACHE 1;
ALTER TABLE job_id_seq
OWNER TO your_db_user;
ALTER TABLE job ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('job_id_seq'::regclass);
---------
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS job_metric;
CREATE TABLE job_metric (
id int NOT NULL,
j_id int NOT NULL REFERENCES job (id),
mj_id bigint NOT NULL,
jm_time bigint NOT NULL
);
CREATE INDEX ON job_metric (jm_time DESC);
CREATE INDEX ON job_metric (jm_time DESC, id);
CREATE INDEX ON job_metric (jm_time DESC, mj_id);
ALTER TABLE job_metric ADD PRIMARY KEY (jm_time, id);
grant all privileges on job_metric to your_db_user;
SELECT create_hypertable('job_metric', 'jm_time' , chunk_time_interval => 604800016);
CREATE SEQUENCE mjob_metric_id_seq
INCREMENT 1
MINVALUE 1
MAXVALUE 2147483647
START 1
CACHE 1;
ALTER TABLE mjob_metric_id_seq
OWNER TO your_db_user;
ALTER TABLE job_metric ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('mjob_metric_id_seq'::regclass);
---------
After creating the tables, I have used the solution proposed by #Laurenz in a database with PostgreSQL 12.6 using the extension of timescaledb 1.7.5 as follows:
#To fill the table with the appropriate values:
UPDATE job_metric AS jm_point
SET jm_time = qm.time
FROM metrics AS qm
WHERE qm.m_id = jm_point.mj_id;
#Then set it NOT NULL:
ALTER TABLE job_metric ALTER jm_time SET NOT NULL;
#To define your foreign key:
ALTER TABLE job_metric
ADD FOREIGN KEY (mj_id, jm_time)
REFERENCES metrics (time, m_id) MATCH FULL;
#Response of the last reference table to enable foreign key: Query returned successfully in 40 msec.
Expected behavior:
The idea is to use the table job_metric in an even many-to-many relationship to access the information of job and metrics tables.
Actual behavior and error:
Tables are created and FKs were created but cannot be used when data is inserted at job_metric as is detailed in the following:
INSERT INTO job_metric (j_id, mj_id, jm_time)
VALUES(13, 185063, 1621957192266);
ERROR: foreign keys to hypertables are not supported CONTEXT: SQL
statement " ALTER TABLE _timescaledb_internal._hyper_5_5_chunk ADD
CONSTRAINT "5_13_job_metric_j_id_mj_id_jm_time_fkey" FOREIGN KEY
(j_id, mj_id, jm_time) REFERENCES qmetrics("time", m_id) MATCH FULL "
PL/pgSQL function
_timescaledb_internal.chunk_constraint_add_table_constraint(_timescaledb_catalog.chunk_constraint)
line 42 at EXECUTE SQL state: 0A000
***According to https://docs.timescale.com/timescaledb/latest/overview/limitations/##distributed-hypertable-limitations, it looks like the above error is part of the hypertable limitations:
Foreign key constraints referencing a hypertable are not supported.
#Request:
Given the above information and errors, does anyone know any solution at the DB level to establish the relationships (many-to-many or one-to-many) using timescaledb extension and mainly hypertables?
Actually, I have obtained similar of above error when I had attempted to create many-to-many relation among the tables metrics and job_metric using the Django Rest Framework:
class Job_Metrics(models.Model):
job = models.OneToOneField(Job, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
metrics = models.ManyToManyField(Metrics)
time = models.IntegerField(default=0)
Running the application metrics pointing out directly metrics_db:
$ python3 manage.py migrate metrics --database=metrics_db
Operations to perform: Apply all migrations: metrics Running migrations: Applying
metrics.0002_job...Traceback (most recent call last): File
"/var/myproject/myprojectenv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py",
line 84, in _execute return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
psycopg2.errors.FeatureNotSupported: foreign keys to hypertables are
not supported
If someone knows a solution or has an idea to deal with the above error at the REST API level, please could you share your idea with the aim to access data associated tables (metrics and jobs) and modify them together when is required to delete e.g., a job_metric. So far, using hypertables amendments of timescaledb extension seems to be not a viable solution.
I am working with Oracle 12c in which I have below table structure:-
CREATE TABLE patients (
patient_id Integer NOT NULL,
customer_id Integer NOT NULL,
title varchar(5) NOT NULL,
fname varchar(125) NOT NULL,
lname varchar(125) NOT NULL,
dob date NOT NULL,
is_medical_card NUMBER(1) NOT NULL CHECK (is_medical_card IN (0,1)),
scheme_number Integer NOT NULL,
status varchar(50) NOT NULL,
created_on date NOT NULL,
last_update_date date NOT NULL,
consent_flag NUMBER(1) NOT NULL CHECK (consent_flag IN (0,1)),
relationship varchar(50) NOT NULL
);
Where patient_id is my primary key so now I want to make it auto increment as well so please let me how can I do this so make it auto increment.
Thanks!
Need to create auto increment to existing column.
You might want to use Identities - Creating a table with an Identity gives you the chance to omit the ID values and let Oracle use a sequence on your desired column:
1. Let's Create the Table:
CREATE TABLE identities (
id NUMBER GENERATED BY DEFAULT ON NULL AS IDENTITY,
description varchar2(100) NOT NULL
);
Table created.
2. You'll want to create a primary key to ensure uniqueness:
alter table identities add constraint id_pk primary key (ID);
Table altered.
3. Let's insert some data in different ways:
INSERT INTO identities (description)
VALUES('Insert Description omitting ID');
1 row created.
INSERT INTO identities (id,description)
VALUES(NULL,'Insert with explicit NULL value');
1 row created.
4. Save the work done
commit;
Commit complete.
5. Check the results
select * from identities;
ID DESCRIPTION
---------- ---------------------------------------------
1 Insert Description omitting ID
2 Insert with explicit NULL value
As you can see we dind't specify any number for the ID, but the Identity on the ID column did for us
Note: Mind that you can manually insert an ID, but this will mess up with the Identity as it'll normally do with a standard Sequence:
INSERT INTO identities (id,description)
VALUES(3,'Manually insert an ID value');
1 row created.
INSERT INTO identities (description)
VALUES('Test Nextval');
INSERT INTO identities (description)
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00001: unique constraint (XXX.ID_PK) violated
This error, because it tries to insert a '3' into the ID that was manually inserted with the statement before.
Check the table:
select * from identities;
ID DESCRIPTION
---------- ---------------------------------------------
1 Insert Description omitting ID
2 Insert with explicit NULL value
3 Manually insert an ID value
Re-Run the "NEXTVAL" insert:
INSERT INTO identities (description)
VALUES('Test Nextval');
1 row created.
Re-Check the table:
select * from identities;
ID DESCRIPTION
---------- ---------------------------------------------
1 Insert Description omitting ID
2 Insert with explicit NULL value
3 Manually insert an ID value
4 Test Nextval
Hope this Helps.
This is a basic schema of my PostgreSQL database:
create table client(numclient serial not null,
age int not null,
amountDue decimal(10,2) not null default 0.0,
primary key (numclient) );
create table payment( numpayment serial not null,
amountPaid decimal(10,2) not null default 0.0,
numclient int not null,
primary key (numpayment),
foreign key (numclient) references client
on delete cascade );
create or replace rule on_insert_client as on insert to client
do also insert into payment(numclient) values(new.numclient);
This works fine but when I want to insert an element into the table client by doing:
insert into client(age) values (25);
I get this error message:
ERROR: insert or update on table "payment" violates foreign key constraint "payment_numclient_fkey"
DETAIL: Key (numclient)=(2) is not present in table "client".
If I understand well, there is an error because it tries to insert a new row in the table payment before inserting the row in the table client. However, when I use this:
insert into client(numclient, amountDue, age) values (4, 0.0, 25);
It works fine. However, this is quite restrictive because the numclient is not a serial attribute anymore if I have to choose the value of the attribute myself.
So it seems the problem comes from the default serial attribute that creates the value after the execution of the rule. Is there any trick to bypass this problem ?
Thanks
I have such table:
CREATE TABLE employee (
id INTEGER DEFAULT NEXTVAL('ids'::regclass) NOT NULL,
name CHARACTER VARYING NOT NULL,
employer INTEGER DEFAULT (-1)
);
And I want to insert sth into this table (I want to leave employer as default, -1):
INSERT INTO employee (name, id) VALUES('Doe', 2);
but my PostgreSQL 9.1 is complaining:
ERROR: insert or update on table "employee" violates foreign key constraint "FK_employer"
DETAIL: Key (employer)=(-1) is not present in table "employer".
I know that theres no employer with id = -1 but still, I want it that way. I want to set employer as -1 for this emplyee. Is it possible with postgreSQL?
Make the default null. Is it good?
employer INTEGER DEFAULT null