Existing databases that already ran an old migration kept stale NOT NULL constraints and mismatched column types/defaults, because the schema writer only emitted idempotent ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS guards and never altered columns that already existed. - Emit guarded ALTER COLUMN ... SET/DROP NOT NULL when a column's nullability differs from the model. - Emit guarded ALTER COLUMN ... TYPE, falling back to renaming the old column and adding a fresh one when the in-place conversion fails. - Emit guarded ALTER COLUMN ... SET/DROP DEFAULT for default drift. - Collapse the previously duplicated plain/guarded templates so WriteSchema (full-schema, live-state-checking) and WriteMigration (diff-based) share the same guarded SQL templates and Go helpers instead of maintaining the logic twice.
PostgreSQL Writer
Generates PostgreSQL DDL (Data Definition Language) SQL scripts from database schema information.
Overview
The PostgreSQL Writer converts RelSpec's internal database model representation into PostgreSQL-compatible SQL DDL scripts, including CREATE TABLE statements, constraints, indexes, views, and sequences.
Features
- Generates complete PostgreSQL DDL
- Creates schemas, tables, columns
- Defines constraints (PK, FK, unique, check)
- Creates indexes
- Generates views and sequences
- Supports migration scripts
- Includes audit triggers (optional)
- Handles PostgreSQL-specific data types
Usage
Basic Example
package main
import (
"git.warky.dev/wdevs/relspecgo/pkg/models"
"git.warky.dev/wdevs/relspecgo/pkg/writers"
"git.warky.dev/wdevs/relspecgo/pkg/writers/pgsql"
)
func main() {
options := &writers.WriterOptions{
OutputPath: "schema.sql",
}
writer := pgsql.NewWriter(options)
err := writer.WriteDatabase(db)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
}
CLI Examples
# Generate PostgreSQL DDL from JSON schema
relspec --input json \
--in-file schema.json \
--output pgsql \
--out-file schema.sql
# Convert GORM models to PostgreSQL DDL
relspec --input gorm \
--in-file models.go \
--output pgsql \
--out-file create_tables.sql
# Export live database schema to SQL
relspec --input pgsql \
--conn "postgres://localhost/source_db" \
--output pgsql \
--out-file backup_schema.sql
Generated SQL Example
-- Schema: public
CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS public;
-- Table: public.users
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS public.users (
id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
username VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
email VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
bio TEXT,
created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);
-- Constraints for public.users
ALTER TABLE public.users
ADD CONSTRAINT uq_users_username UNIQUE (username);
-- Indexes for public.users
CREATE INDEX idx_users_email ON public.users (email);
-- Table: public.posts
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS public.posts (
id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
user_id BIGINT NOT NULL,
title VARCHAR(200) NOT NULL,
content TEXT,
created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW()
);
-- Foreign Keys for public.posts
ALTER TABLE public.posts
ADD CONSTRAINT fk_posts_user_id
FOREIGN KEY (user_id)
REFERENCES public.users (id)
ON DELETE CASCADE
ON UPDATE NO ACTION;
-- Indexes for public.posts
CREATE INDEX idx_posts_user_id ON public.posts (user_id);
Writer Options
Metadata Options
options := &writers.WriterOptions{
OutputPath: "schema.sql",
Metadata: map[string]interface{}{
"include_drop": true, // Include DROP statements
"include_audit": true, // Include audit triggers
"if_not_exists": true, // Use IF NOT EXISTS
"migration_mode": false, // Generate migration script
},
}
Features
Full DDL Generation
Generates complete database structure:
- CREATE SCHEMA statements
- CREATE TABLE with all columns and types
- PRIMARY KEY constraints
- FOREIGN KEY constraints with actions
- UNIQUE constraints
- CHECK constraints
- CREATE INDEX statements
- CREATE VIEW statements
- CREATE SEQUENCE statements
Migration Mode
When migration_mode is enabled, generates migration scripts with:
- Version tracking
- Up/down migrations
- Transactional DDL
- Rollback support
Audit Triggers
When include_audit is enabled, adds:
- Created/updated timestamp triggers
- Audit logging functionality
- Change tracking
PostgreSQL-Specific Features
- Serial types (SERIAL, BIGSERIAL)
- Advanced types (UUID, JSONB, ARRAY)
- Schema-qualified names
- Constraint actions (CASCADE, RESTRICT, SET NULL)
- Partial indexes
- Function-based indexes
- Check constraints with expressions
Data Types
Supports all PostgreSQL data types:
- Integer types: SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT, SERIAL, BIGSERIAL
- Numeric types: NUMERIC, DECIMAL, REAL, DOUBLE PRECISION
- String types: VARCHAR, CHAR, TEXT
- Date/Time: DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP, TIMESTAMPTZ, INTERVAL
- Boolean: BOOLEAN
- Binary: BYTEA
- JSON: JSON, JSONB
- UUID: UUID
- Network: INET, CIDR, MACADDR
- Special: ARRAY, HSTORE
Notes
- Generated SQL is formatted and readable
- Comments are preserved from source schema
- Schema names are fully qualified
- Default values are properly quoted
- Constraint names follow PostgreSQL conventions
- Compatible with PostgreSQL 12+