CREATE TABLE users ( username TEXT PRIMARY KEY, password TEXT, registered timestamptz ); ALTER TABLE plans add column added_by TEXT references users ( username ); DROP FUNCTION register_plan(in_title text, in_plan text, in_is_public boolean, in_is_anonymized boolean); CREATE FUNCTION register_plan(in_title text, in_plan text, in_is_public boolean, in_is_anonymized boolean, in_username text) RETURNS register_plan_return LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$ DECLARE use_hash_length int4 := 2; reply register_plan_return; BEGIN reply.delete_key := get_random_string( 50 ); LOOP reply.id := get_random_string(use_hash_length); BEGIN INSERT INTO plans (id, title, plan, is_public, entered_on, is_anonymized, delete_key, added_by) values (reply.id, in_title, in_plan, in_is_public, now(), in_is_anonymized, reply.delete_key, in_username ); RETURN reply; EXCEPTION WHEN unique_violation THEN -- do nothing END; use_hash_length := use_hash_length + 1; IF use_hash_length >= 30 THEN raise exception 'Random string of length == 30 requested. something''s wrong.'; END IF; END LOOP; END; $$;