# PostGres - Advanced ## Lesson Objectives - important 1. Linking Tables 1. Alias 1. Indexes 1. Default Values 1. Constraints 1. Distinct ## Lesson Objectives - good to know about 1. EER Diagrams 1. Unions 1. Truncate 1. Views 1. Functions 1. Stored Procedures 1. Triggers 1. Transactions 1. Locks 1. Privileges 1. Denormalization 1. Excel -> CSV -> SQL ## Important ### Linking Tables You can have lots of different kinds of relationships between your data. Here are the most common. [This page has some nice ways to visualize the data](http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/sql-for-beginners-part-3-database-relationships--net-8561) - One to Many/Many to One Relationships - This is the most common - One `customer` can have many `orders` - Many `orders` can belong to one `customer` - Each `order` row contains a `customer_id` column, which denotes which `customer` they belong to - Many to Many Relationships - Not as common, but still prevalent - Each `actor` is in many `movies` - Each `movie` has many `actors` in it - A "linking table" exists which maps actors to movies - It contains only an `actor_id` and a `movie_id` column - You'll need to join `actors` to `actors_movies_linker` and then join that again to `movies` (yes, you can have multiple joins in one query) - Self Referncing Relationships - Customer referral system - Each `customer` has a `referal_id` which points back to the `customer` table - This is just like the One to Many relationship, but both tables are the same - One to One Relationships - Seats at a theater - Each `person` has only one `seat` - Each `seat` has only one `person` - This is just like a One to Many relationship, but there are no duplicate values in the foreign key column ### Alias Sometimes table/column names can become difficult to read. When this happens, sometimes it is easier to temporarily rename them within the context of the query. Note this does not change anything in memory. ```sql SELECT t1.column1 as col1, t2.column2 as col2 FROM table1 as t1 INNER JOIN table2 as t2 ON t1.common_filed = t2.common_field; ``` This can also help when you use the same table twice in one query. Say you had a flight tracker database. This would be a Many to Many relationship, where the `flights` would act as the linking table. It would contain Foreign Key references for both `departure_id` and `arrival_id`, but each column would point to the same `locations` table. In order to reference columns correctly, you would need to rename the `locations` table at least once ```sql SELECT * FROM locations AS depatures JOIN flights ON flights.departure_id = departures.id JOIN locations AS arrivals ON flights.arrival_id = arrivals.id ``` ### Indexes 1. `CREATE INDEX index_name ON table_name (column_name);` 1. `CREATE INDEX index_name ON table_name (column1_name, column2_name);` 1. Primary Key 1. use `\d table_name` to view indexes ### Default Values ```sql CREATE TABLE people (id SERIAL, name VARCHAR(16), age INT DEAFULT 0); \d people INSERT INTO people (name) VALUES ('matt'); SELECT * FROM people; ``` ### Constraints 1. NOT NULL 1. Unique 1. Foreign Keys ```sql CREATE TABLE companies( id SERIAL, name VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, city VARCHAR(16) ); INSERT INTO companies ( city ) VALUES ('Palo Alto'); CREATE TABLE people( id INT, name VARCHAR(16), email VARCHAR(32) UNIQUE, company_id INT REFERENCES companies(id) ); \d people INSERT INTO people (name, email, company_id) VALUES ('bob', 'bob@bob.com', 999) -- bad company_id INSERT INTO people (name, email, company_id) VALUES ('bob', 'bob@bob.com', 1) -- not unique email ``` ### Distinct ```sql SELECT DISTINCT city FROM people; ``` ## Good to Know About ### EER Diagrams ![](https://cdn.tutsplus.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=992/net/uploads/legacy/538_sql3/ss_6.png) ### Unions ```sql SELECT name FROM people UNION SELECT name FROM companies; -- show distinct values SELECT name FROM people UNION ALL SELECT name FROM companies; -- show duplicates ``` ### Truncate ```sql TRUNCATE TABLE people; -- delete all data, but don't delete table itself ``` ### Views ```sql CREATE VIEW new_yorkers AS SELECT * FROM people WHERE city = 'NYC'; \dv SELECT * FROM new_yorkers ``` ### Functions ```sql CREATE FUNCTION add_numbers(a integer, b integer) RETURNS integer AS $$ BEGIN RETURN a + b; END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; \df SELECT add_numbers(2,4); ``` ### Stored Procedures ```sql CREATE PROCEDURE add_person(new_name VARCHAR(16)) LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$ BEGIN INSERT INTO people (name) VALUES (new_name); END $$; \df call add_person('matt'); ``` ### Triggers ```sql CREATE TABLE backup_people (id INT, name VARCHAR(16), age INT); CREATE FUNCTION moveDeleted() RETURNS trigger AS $$ BEGIN INSERT INTO backup_people VALUES (OLD.id, OLD.name, OLD.age); RETURN OLD; END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; CREATE TRIGGER archive_person BEFORE DELETE on people FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE moveDeleted(); \df DELETE FROM people WHERE id = 1; ``` ### Transactions ```sql BEGIN; INSERT INTO people (name) VALUES ('matt'); SELECT * FROM people; -- start a different session and run SELECT * FROM people; -- Switch back to original session COMMIT; -- in other session run SELECT * FROM people; ``` OR ```sql BEGIN; INSERT INTO people (name) VALUES ('matt'); SELECT * FROM people; asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf; ROLLBACK; SELECT * FROM people; ``` ### Locks ```sql BEGIN; LOCK TABLE people IN ROW EXCLUSIVE MODE; SELECT * FROM people WHERE id = 12 FOR UPDATE; -- start a new session and run UPDATE people SET name = 'Matt' WHERE id = 12; -- switch back to original session UPDATE people SET age = 43 WHERE id = 12; SELECT * FROM people; END; ``` ### Privileges ```sql CREATE USER youruser; \du -- new session psql -U youruser -d supertest_lab SELECT * FROM people; -- original session GRANT ALL ON people TO youruser; -- switch sessions again SELECT * FROM people; ``` ### Denormalization | id | name | age | company_id | company_name | company_address | |----|------|-----|------------|--------------|-----------------| | 1 | matt | 43 | 1 | google | SF | ### Excel -> CSV -> SQL - Create sheet - File -> Download -> .csv - `COPY people (name, age, ancestry, city) FROM '/Users/matthuntington/Downloads/people.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;` ### SQL Injection - input with value `Huntington'; DROP TABLE people;`