CREATE TABLE example_table (
    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    email VARCHAR(50) UNIQUE,
    age INTEGER CHECK (age >= 18),
    department_id INTEGER REFERENCES department(id)
);

I am trying to use postgreSQL to create a blog posting site database. It will have three tables authors, author_details and posts.

In authors table has name:string column only. While the author_details will bio:string, email:string, website:sring, and profile_picture: binary. And posts will have title:string, tag: an arry of string, nad body:text. Author_details will have a referenc key into authors table, one-to-one. The authors will habe one-to-many relationship into posts. That means a author sould have many post.

Please help me to create these table in postgresql.

Sure, here's an example schema for the database:

CREATE TABLE authors (
  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
  name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE author_details (
  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
  bio TEXT,
  email VARCHAR(255),
  website VARCHAR(255),
  profile_picture BYTEA,
  author_id INTEGER UNIQUE REFERENCES authors(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
  /* UNIQUE to enforce the one-to-one relationship between authors and author_details */
);

CREATE TABLE posts (
  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
  title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
  tag VARCHAR(255)[],
  body TEXT NOT NULL,
  author_id INTEGER REFERENCES authors(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
  /* one-to-many relationship between authors and posts */
);

In this example, the example_table has the following constraints:


+---------------+           +-------------------+
|    authors    |           |   author_details  |
+---------------+           +-------------------+
| id (PK)       |     1     | id (PK)           |
| name          |--------->>| bio               |
|               |1          | email             |
|               |           | website           |
|               |           | profile_picture  |
|               |           | author_id (FK, U) |
|               |           |                   |
|               |           |                   |
+---------------+           +-------------------+
                                  |
                                  |1
                                  |
                                  V
                            +---------------+
                            |     posts     |
                            +---------------+
                            | id (PK)       |
                            | title         |
                            | tag           |
                            | body          |
                            | author_id (FK)|
                            +---------------+

In this ERD, the authors table has a one-to-one relationship with the author_details table, as each author can have at most one set of author details. The author_details table has a foreign key author_id that references the id column in the authors table, and it is marked as UNIQUE to enforce the one-to-one relationship.

The authors table also has a one-to-many relationship with the posts table, as each author can have many posts. The posts table has a foreign key author_id that references the id column in the authors table.



-- Insert some authors
INSERT INTO authors (name) VALUES
  ('John Doe'),
  ('Jane Smith');

-- Insert author details
INSERT INTO author_details (bio, email, website, profile_picture, author_id) VALUES
  ('I am a software developer.', 'john.doe@example.com', 'https://johndoe.com', 'some_binary_data', 1),
  ('I am a writer.', 'jane.smith@example.com', 'https://janesmith.com', 'some_binary_data', 2);

-- Insert some posts
INSERT INTO posts (title, tag, body, author_id) VALUES
  ('My First Post', '{programming,ruby}', 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.', 1),
  ('My Second Post', '{programming,python}', 'Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue.', 1),
  ('My Writing Journey', '{writing,books}', 'Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis.', 2);

In this example, we first insert the authors into the authors table using the INSERT INTO statement. We then insert the corresponding author details into the author_details table, making sure to include the author_id foreign key that links the two tables. Finally, we insert the posts into the posts table, again making sure to include the author_id foreign key that links the post to its author.

Note that for the tag column in the posts table, we use an array type ({programming,ruby}). In PostgreSQL, you can create array types using curly braces ({}).


# Create some authors
author1 = Author.create(name: 'John Doe')
author2 = Author.create(name: 'Jane Smith')

# Add author details
author1.author_detail.create(
  bio: 'I am a software developer.',
  email: 'john.doe@example.com',
  website: 'https://johndoe.com'
)

author2.author_detail.create(
  bio: 'I am a writer.',
  email: 'jane.smith@example.com',
  website: 'https://janesmith.com'
)

# Create some posts
post1 = author1.posts.create(
  title: 'My First Post',
  tag: ['programming', 'ruby'],
  body: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.'
)

post2 = author1.posts.create(
  title: 'My Second Post',
  tag: ['programming', 'python'],
  body: 'Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue.'
)

post3 = author2.posts.create(
  title: 'My Writing Journey',
  tag: ['writing', 'books'],
  body: 'Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis.'
)

In this seed file, we first create two authors (John Doe and Jane Smith) and their corresponding author details. Then, we create some posts for each author. Note that we use the associations between the tables to create the records. For example, to create a post for John Doe, we use the posts association on the author1 object to create a new post record.

You can run this seed file by running rails db:seed in the command line. This will populate your database with the sample data.