why PG::UniqueViolation: ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint?

Question

I have a model Post and each time a post is created I want a new instance of Moderation to be created at the same time.

So in post.rb I use the

Answer 1

To fix the issue, we have to tell ActiveRecord to look at the sequence of the table:

ActiveRecord::Base.connection.reset_pk_sequence!('table_name')

Now ActiveRecord should have the correct sequence value, and should be able to assign new id's properly.

To resolve error

PG::UniqueViolation: ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint "moderations_reportable" DETAIL: Key (reportable_type, reportable_id)=(Post, 25) already exists. : INSERT INTO "moderations" ("blog_id", "reportable_type", "reportable_id", "created_at", "updated_at", "blog_type") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6) RETURNING "id"

As error occurred on 'moderations' table.

Run the following from rails console fix

ActiveRecord::Base.connection.reset_pk_sequence!('moderations')

Thank you

Answer 2

Fix pkey sequences for all database:

ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.each do |table_name| 
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.reset_pk_sequence!(table_name)
end

Answer 3

Looks like you've added a unique index to your database:

t.index ["reportable_type", "reportable_id"], name: "moderations_reportable", unique: true

With a unique index you will only be able to have one record with the same reportable_type and reportable_id. It's likely that you're trying to create a moderation for a reportable that already has a moderation.