From 99c3003ba87e2ff3a54903004a335398573996ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Meyer <emeyer@8thlight.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:05:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions for creating the database and the initial
 table

---
 README.md                                          | 13 +++++++++++++
 migrations/1508943247_create_blocks_table.down.sql |  1 +
 migrations/1508943247_create_blocks_table.up.sql   |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 migrations/1508943247_create_blocks_table.down.sql
 create mode 100644 migrations/1508943247_create_blocks_table.up.sql

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f6464bcf..3f169743 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 ### Dependencies
 
  - Go 1.9+
+ - https://github.com/golang/dep
+ - Postgres 10
 
 ### Cloning the Repository
 
@@ -18,6 +20,17 @@
     - This will take a while and gives poor indication of progress.
 4. `go install github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/geth`
 
+### Setting up the Development Database
+
+1. Install Postgres
+2. Create a superuser for yourself and make sure `psql --list` works without prompting for a password.
+3. `go get -u -d github.com/mattes/migrate/cli github.com/lib/pq`
+4. `go build -tags 'postgres' -o /usr/local/bin/migrate github.com/mattes/migrate/cli`
+5. `createdb vulcanize`
+6. `migrate -database 'postgresql://localhost:5432/vulcanize?sslmode=disable' -path ./migrations up`
+
+Adding a new migration: `migrate -database postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres create -dir ./migrations -ext sql <migration-name>`
+
 ### Creating/Using a Private Blockchain
 
 Syncing the public blockchain takes many hours for the initial sync and will download 20+ GB of data.
diff --git a/migrations/1508943247_create_blocks_table.down.sql b/migrations/1508943247_create_blocks_table.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ea49617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1508943247_create_blocks_table.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DROP TABLE public.blocks
diff --git a/migrations/1508943247_create_blocks_table.up.sql b/migrations/1508943247_create_blocks_table.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..398bc2c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1508943247_create_blocks_table.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CREATE TABLE public.blocks
+(
+  block_number BIGINT
+)