For this project, you need to log in to PostgreSQL with psql to create your database. Do that by entering psql --username=freecodecamp --dbname=postgres
in the terminal. Make all the tests below pass to complete the project. Be sure to get creative, and have fun!
Don't forget to connect to your database after you create it 😄
Here's some ideas for other column and table names: description
, has_life
, is_spherical
, age_in_millions_of_years
, planet_types
, galaxy_types
, distance_from_earth
.
Notes:
If you leave your virtual machine, your database may not be saved. You can make a dump of it by entering pg_dump -cC --inserts -U freecodecamp universe > universe.sql
in a bash terminal (not the psql one). It will save the commands to rebuild your database in universe.sql
. The file will be located where the command was entered. If it's anything inside the project
folder, the file will be saved in the VM. You can rebuild the database by entering psql -U postgres < universe.sql
in a terminal where the .sql
file is.
If you are saving your progress on freeCodeCamp.org, after getting all the tests to pass, follow the instructions above to save a dump of your database. Save the universe.sql
file in a public repository and submit the URL to it on freeCodeCamp.org.
- You should create a database named
universe
. - Be sure to connect to your database with
\c universe
. Then, you should add tables namedgalaxy
,star
,planet
, andmoon
. - Each table should have a
primary key
. - Each
primary key
should automatically increment. - Each table should have a
name
column. - You should use the
INT
data type for at least two columns that are not a primary or foreign key. - You should use the
NUMERIC
data type at least once. - You should use the
TEXT
data type at least once. - You should use the
BOOLEAN
data type on at least two columns. - Each
star
should have aforeign key
that references one of the rows ingalaxy
. - Each
planet
should have aforeign key
that references one of the rows instar
. - Each
moon
should have aforeign key
that references one of the rows inplanet
. - Your database should have at least five
tables
. - Each table should have at least three rows.
- The
galaxy
andstar
tables should each have at least six rows. - The
planet
table should have at least 12 rows. - The
moon
table should have at least 20 rows. - Each table should have at least three columns.
- The
galaxy
,star
,planet
, andmoon
tables should each have at least five columns. - At least two columns per table should not accept
NULL
values. - At least one column from each table should be required to be
UNIQUE
. - All columns named name should be of type
VARCHAR
. - Each
primary key
column should follow the naming conventiontable_name_id
. For example : themoon
table should have aprimary key
column namedmoon_id
. - Each
foreign key
column should have the same name as thecolumn
it is referencing.