tanglx61 / db

populate sql db

1. install Node JS (https://nodejs.org/en/)
2. git clone https://github.com/tanglx61/db && cd db && npm install
3. change dbpath in app/config.js
4. now you are ready to run, node app {arg1} {arg2}

NOTE: it's advised to run this on your local database, as data generation could be very very slow over remote network. To see how to set up the database locally, see below.

arg1	arg2	description
-i		reinitialize and repopulate using predefined values in app/config.js
-r		reinitialize (drop and recreate) all tables
-d		drop all tables
--users	n: Int	populate n users
--categories		populate categories (predefined)
--posts	n: Int	populate n posts
--comments	n: Int	populate n comments
--notifications	n: Int	populate n notifications
--postvotes	n: Int	populate n postvotes
--commentvotes	n: Int	populate n commentvotes
--events-browsing	n: Int	populate n browsing events
--events-visits	n: Int	populate n site visits events
--events-postviews	n: Int	populate n post view events
--analyze	uid: Int	update AnalyticsProfile for a the user with uid. Or do not input any uid to run analysis over the entire User set (from 1 to config.users)

Setting up Postgres on Mac

The stack I used are:

• database: http://postgresapp.com/
• gui client: https://eggerapps.at/postico/

1. download and run Postgres App
2. launch Postico, connect to localhost
3. create a database named comp421
4. run script