Post date: Feb 18, 2014 1:39:40 PM
When you need to create insert statement for any selected table.
Will pre-populate some default values for each column.
How to add: Under the Macros menu, press Manage macros. Select ALT F2 as key, name the macro and then paste in the script in the big textbox. Do not forget to Press Save.
How to use:
Type the name of the table you wish to insert values to, select it, then press ALT+F2. Copy paste the result to your query editor.
with datatype_to_placeholder(data_type, replacement) as ( select 'timestamp without time zone', 'now()' UNION ALL select 'timestamp with time zone', 'now()' UNION ALL select 'integer', '0' UNION ALL select 'char', '''''' UNION ALL select 'boolean', '0' UNION ALL select 'date', 'now()' UNION ALL select 'text', '''''' UNION ALL select 'bytea', '0x0' UNION ALL select 'bit', '0::bit' UNION ALL select 'interval', '''1 year 2 months 3 days 4 hours 5 minutes 6 seconds''' UNION ALL select 'anyarray', 'ARRAY[]' UNION ALL select 'character varying', '''''' UNION ALL select 'inet', '0' UNION ALL select 'numeric', '0' UNION ALL select 'abstime', 'now()' UNION ALL select 'pg_node_tree', '0' UNION ALL select 'regproc', '''''' UNION ALL select 'name', '''''' UNION ALL select 'bigint', '0' UNION ALL select 'ARRAY', 'ARRAY[]' UNION ALL select 'oid', '0' UNION ALL select 'real', '0' UNION ALL select 'xid', '0' UNION ALL select 'double precision', '0' UNION ALL select 'smallint', '0' UNION ALL select 'uuid', '''''')select CONCAT('INSERT INTO ', lower(TABLE_SCHEMA || '.' || TABLE_NAME), '(' , columnNames, ') VALUES(' ,columnTypes, ')') as insertString from information_schema.tables tabl cross join lateral ( select string_agg(column_name::text, ', ') , string_agg(overlay( replacementValue || ' ' placing columnInformation from 15 for char_length(columnInformation)) , ', ') from information_schema.columns cols left outer join datatype_to_placeholder ph on lower(ph.data_type) = lower(cols.data_type) cross join lateral ( values(CASE when cols.is_nullable = 'YES' then 'NULL' ELSE COALESCE(ph.replacement, '''') END) ) as rep(replacementValue) cross join lateral ( values('/* ' || column_name || '(' || cols.data_type || ') */ ') ) as inf(columnInformation) where cols.table_name = tabl.table_name and cols.table_schema = tabl.table_Schema ) as col(columnNames, columnTypes)where lower(tabl.table_schema) = CASE WHEN POSITION('.' IN '$SELECTION$') > 0 THEN lower(substring('$SELECTION$' from 1 for position('.' in '$SELECTION$') - 1)) ELSE 'public' END and lower(tabl.table_name) = lower(substring('$SELECTION$' from position('.' in '$SELECTION$') + 1))