How do I insert records in a node-pg-migrate migration? - node.js

Question

I'm trying to use node-pg-migrate to handle migrations for an ExpressJS app. I can translate most of the SQL dump into pgm.func() type calls, but I can't see any method for handling actual INSERT statements for initial data in my solution's lookup tables.

Answer 1

It is possible using the pgm.sql catch all:
pgm.sql(`INSERT INTO users (username, password, created, forname, surname, department, reviewer, approver, active) VALUES
('rd#example.com', 'salty', '2019-12-31 11:00:00', 'Richard', 'Dyce', 'MDM', 'No', 'No', 'Yes');`)
Note the use of backtick (`) to allow breaking the SQL statement across multiple lines.

Answer 2

You can use raw sql if you needed.
Create a migration file with the extension .sql and write usual requests.
This article has a great example.
My example:
-- Up Migration
CREATE TABLE users
(
id BIGSERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
username VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
email VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
password VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
class_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
created_at DATE NOT NULL,
updated_at DATE NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE classes
(
id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
health INTEGER NOT NULL,
damage INTEGER NOT NULL,
attack_type VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
ability VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
created_at DATE NOT NULL,
updated_at DATE NOT NULL
);
INSERT INTO classes (id,
name,
health,
damage,
attack_type,
ability,
created_at,
updated_at)
VALUES (0,
'Thief',
100,
25,
'Archery Shot',
'Run Away',
NOW(),
NOW());
-- Down Migration
DROP TABLE users;
DROP TABLE classes;