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# VA Online Memorial Database Set Up
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The data dump you will need to use to set up the database is in the Rest API Repo: https://github.com/topcoderinc/va-online-memorial-rest-api/docs/vaonline.sqlc
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You will also need the frontend repo: https://github.com/topcoderinc/va-online-memorial-frontend
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And PostgreSQL: download at postgresql.org or `$ brew install postgres`
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Pop open your terminal if you didn’t already for Homebrew
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Create database with the command: `$ psql vaonline -U username`. The database name should be ‘vaonline’. Remember your username and password! You will need those later!
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`$ cd` to where the data dump is
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Run `$ pg_restore -U postgres --dbname=vaonline -c vaonline.sqlc`
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You should see:
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```pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 3373; 0 0 ACL public aws_broker
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pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: role "aws_broker" does not exist
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Command was: REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA public FROM PUBLIC;
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REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA public FROM aws_broker;
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GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO aws_broker;
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GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO PUBLIC;
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WARNING: errors ignored on restore: 66
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```
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Open your database: `$ psql vaonline`
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You should see ‘vaonline=#’
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Run `$ \d+ *`
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You should see something similar to:
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```
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List of relations
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Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Size | Description
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--------+--------------------------------+----------+-------+------------+-------------
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public | BadgeTypes | table | user | 8192 bytes |
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public | BadgeTypes_id_seq | sequence | user | 8192 bytes |
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public | Badges | table | user | 0 bytes |
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public | Badges_id_seq | sequence | user | 8192 bytes |
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public | Branches | table | user | 8192 bytes |
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```
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And you have a database! Any time you come back to work on the Online Memorial, make sure PostgrSQL is running.
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From here, you can skip to the ‘[3]REST API Module’ section of the VA Online Memorial Deployment Guide V2 in the Frontend Repo.
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## Troubleshooting:
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It is recommended that after you import the database, you use a service like [Postico](https://eggerapps.at/postico/) to view the tables and ensure the database imported correctly.
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Go to the ‘Veterans’ table.
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If you see a single entry (first name:ffff middle name: mmmm last name: llll), you need to complete the following steps:
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Select all the tables (don't worry about the folders at the bottom)
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Right click > delete, select the checkbox for ‘cascade’, follow the prompts.
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Go back to terminal and re-run: `$ pg_restore -U postgres --dbname=vaonline -c vaonline.sqlc`
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Go back to Postico and hit the refresh botton (top right-side)
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You should have a bunch of Veteran’s names! Tah-dah!

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