In a PostgreSQL function, is it possible to join the result of UNNEST, which is an integer array from function input, with an ID returned from a CTE INSERT?
I have PostgreSQL tables like:
CREATE TABLE public.message (
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
content TEXT
);
CREATE TABLE public.message_tag (
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
message_id INTEGER NOT NULL CONSTRAINT message_tag_message_id_fkey REFERENCES public.message(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
tag_id INTEGER NOT NULL CONSTRAINT message_tag_tag_id_fkey REFERENCES public.tag(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
);
I want to create a PostgreSQL function which takes input of content
and an array of tag_id
. This is for graphile. I want to do it all in one function, so I get a mutation.
Here's what I got so far. I don't know how to join an UNNEST
across an id returned from a CTE.
CREATE FUNCTION public.create_message(content text, tags Int[])
RETURNS public.message
AS $$
-- insert to get primary key of message, for many to many message_id
WITH moved_rows AS (
INSERT INTO public.message (content)
RETURNING *;
)
-- many to many relation
INSERT INTO public.message_tag
SELECT moved_rows.id as message_id, tagInput.tag_id FROM moved_rows, UNNEST(tags) as tagInput;
RETURNING *
$$ LANGUAGE sql VOLATILE STRICT;
You're not that far from your goal:
INSERT
statement lacks a SELECT
or VALUES
clause to specify what should be insertedINSERT
into tag_message
should specify the columns in which to insert (especially if you have that unnecessary serial id
)UNNEST
call already, but none for the column tag_id
RETURNING
a set of message_tag
rows but was specified to return a single message
rowTo fix these:
CREATE FUNCTION public.create_message(content text, tags Int[])
RETURNS public.message
AS $$
-- insert to get primary key of message, for many to many message_id
WITH moved_rows AS (
INSERT INTO public.message (content)
VALUES ($1)
RETURNING *
),
-- many to many relation
_ AS (
INSERT INTO public.message_tag (message_id, tag_id)
SELECT moved_rows.id, tagInput.tag_id
FROM moved_rows, UNNEST($2) as tagInput(tag_id)
)
TABLE moved_rows;
$$ LANGUAGE sql VOLATILE STRICT;