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Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 4:59 AM

since a lot of it is being saved as text it might be the way js is parsing the values before being inserted into the db

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 4:59 AM

i'm checking the number in console before it gets entered and not seeing the .0

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:00 AM

and i'm also doing parseInt(key)

Dahoom

DDahoom which column do you get the number from?

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:03 AM

any other ideas?

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:03 AM

i'm dumbfounded on this

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:04 AM

wondering if something changed on the cloudflare side

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:04 AM

order_id is the primary key using text

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:04 AM

yes

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:07 AM

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23157411/using-text-as-a-primary-key-in-sqlite-table-bad discussion says there shouldn't be any performance issues

Stack Overflow

Using text as a primary key in SQLite table bad?

Is it bad to have text as a primary key in an SQLite database? I heard that it's bad for performance reasons, is this true? And will the rowid be used as the actual primary key in such a case?

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:07 AM

I'm not saying that I'm just wondering if THATS whats causing the issue

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:08 AM

and dont trust stackoverflow

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:08 AM

its like citing Wikipedia

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:08 AM

ha maybe so, but this probably is a bug? maybe? Should I his cloudflare staff on this?

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:11 AM

most likely a PRAGMA issue to do with how the value is being represented in sqlite

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:14 AM

try to convert the value to a string before inserting it, at least thats what gippity says might work https://decide.gg/s/pGbt

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:15 AM

A more pressing question is why you would use the text format when saving only integers?

Dahoom

DDahoom try to convert the value to a string before inserting it, at least thats what gi...

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captain•10/27/23, 5:21 AM

that worked..i feel foolish. Probably still should be considered a bug with D1, but the workaround worked!

Dahoom

DDahoom A more pressing question is why you would use the text format when saving only i...

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captain•10/27/23, 5:21 AM

sometimes it might not be an integer

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:22 AM

Trust me I had the same idea, maybe later i would want to switch to nanoid's or something but honestly this thought process is more destructive than helpful

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:23 AM

in this scenario, i'm converting stuff over from a KV model

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:23 AM

and so the key might be a number from one source, but another source sometimes puts in a letter combo

captain

Ccaptain that worked..i feel foolish. Probably still should be considered a bug with D1, ...

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:23 AM

Not a bug, not even an issue with D1. Its just how sqlite works when inserting int as text

captain

Ccaptain and so the key might be a number from one source, but another source sometimes p...

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:27 AM

you are working with primary keys so they have to be unique for each row. what you need is a foriegn key in another column that points to ids from other tables/sources and this way you can easily create constraints and save yourself a lot of headache

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:28 AM

I recommend using gippity to create a sqlite schema for you, since it seems like you are used to regular SQL and the whole sqlite difference might be confusing you a little

Dahoom

DDahoom you are working with primary keys so they have to be unique for each row. what y...

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captain•10/27/23, 5:40 AM

if i ensure the key is always a string and unique, what other issues could i run into?

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:40 AM

The issue is that you would have to make sure its unqiue on your end

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:41 AM

its like 1 layer and if that layer fails you could break the whole thing without even noticing

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:41 AM

it will always be unique coming from the two different sources

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:41 AM

source 1 always unique and source 2 unique with letters

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:41 AM

so they could never overlap

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:42 AM

a person could sent a request twice and this will could break a lot of things

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:43 AM

there are many ways it could fail, my point is with this approach you will run into MANY unforseen consequences.

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captain•10/27/23, 5:44 AM

got it

captain

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captain•10/27/23, 5:44 AM

well thats a good point

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:45 AM

Do it the way you want honestly but I'm just trying to save you some headache

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captain•10/27/23, 5:45 AM

appreciate the incite

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 5:45 AM

np, good luck on your project

Dahoom

DDahoom np, good luck on your project

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captain•10/27/23, 5:46 AM

thank you for taking the time, it was very helpful!

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Adi•10/27/23, 9:14 AM

To the D1 team, not sure if this is already on the cards but I have a feature request.
When making queries on the Cloudflare dashboard for D1, it would be great if we could get back query metrics similar to how the client API gives back metrics.
Would make testing query performance a breeze.

Adi

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Adi•10/27/23, 9:16 AM

Also not sure if there is a better place to make this request (e.g github), if so, please let me know.

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kian•10/27/23, 9:16 AM

Here should be fine - in the interim, if you open your browser’s devtools, you’ll have the metrics in the response under the same meta object.

Not ideal, but if you just want to quickly check a query then it’s there

kian

Kkian Here should be fine - in the interim, if you open your browser’s devtools, you’l...

Adi

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Adi•10/27/23, 9:59 AM

Oh my lord you're absolutely correct. Thank you!!
This helps so much in the interim XD

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charl.dev•10/27/23, 1:37 PM

im trying to seed my dbs but keep getting

The request is malformed: failed to decode id

The request is malformed: failed to decode id

charl.dev

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charl.dev•10/27/23, 1:38 PM

"code": 7400,

charl.dev

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charl.dev•10/27/23, 1:38 PM

just basic queries, nothing fancy

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 1:38 PM

the issue is with the request, just telling us its basic doesnt really help :)

Dahoom

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DahoomOP•10/27/23, 1:39 PM

if you want you can just show the id column and what you tried to insert into it, incase its sensitive data

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charl.dev•10/27/23, 1:41 PM

the db is emtpy, im trying to create the tables via query

charl.dev

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charl.dev•10/27/23, 1:41 PM

e.g.

https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/account_id/d1/database/db_id/query

{
  "params": [],
  "sql": "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS comments; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS comments ( id integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, author text NOT NULL, body text NOT NULL, post_slug text NOT NULL ); CREATE INDEX idx_comments_post_slug ON comments (post_slug);"
}

https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/account_id/d1/database/db_id/query

{
  "params": [],
  "sql": "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS comments; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS comments ( id integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, author text NOT NULL, body text NOT NULL, post_slug text NOT NULL ); CREATE INDEX idx_comments_post_slug ON comments (post_slug);"
}

https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/account_id/d1/database/db_id/query

{
  "params": [],
  "sql": "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS comments; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS comments ( id integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, author text NOT NULL, body text NOT NULL, post_slug text NOT NULL ); CREATE INDEX idx_comments_post_slug ON comments (post_slug);"
}

https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/account_id/d1/database/db_id/query

{
  "params": [],
  "sql": "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS comments; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS comments ( id integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, author text NOT NULL, body text NOT NULL, post_slug text NOT NULL ); CREATE INDEX idx_comments_post_slug ON comments (post_slug);"
}