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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class CorrectSchemaDiscrepancies < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def up
+    timestamp_columns = %w{
+      category_tag_groups.created_at
+      category_tag_groups.updated_at
+      category_tags.created_at
+      category_tags.updated_at
+      child_themes.created_at
+      child_themes.updated_at
+      embeddable_hosts.created_at
+      embeddable_hosts.updated_at
+      group_archived_messages.created_at
+      group_archived_messages.updated_at
+      group_mentions.created_at
+      group_mentions.updated_at
+      muted_users.created_at
+      muted_users.updated_at
+      permalinks.created_at
+      permalinks.updated_at
+      post_stats.created_at
+      post_stats.updated_at
+      remote_themes.created_at
+      remote_themes.updated_at
+      stylesheet_cache.created_at
+      stylesheet_cache.updated_at
+      tag_group_memberships.created_at
+      tag_group_memberships.updated_at
+      tag_groups.created_at
+      tag_groups.updated_at
+      tag_users.created_at
+      tag_users.updated_at
+      tags.created_at
+      tags.updated_at
+      theme_fields.created_at
+      theme_fields.updated_at
+      topic_tags.created_at
+      topic_tags.updated_at
+      topic_timers.created_at
+      topic_timers.updated_at
+      unsubscribe_keys.created_at
+      unsubscribe_keys.updated_at
+      user_api_keys.created_at
+      user_api_keys.updated_at
+      user_archived_messages.created_at
+      user_archived_messages.updated_at
+      user_auth_tokens.created_at
+      user_auth_tokens.updated_at
+      user_emails.created_at
+      user_emails.updated_at
+      user_exports.created_at
+      user_exports.updated_at
+      user_field_options.created_at
+      user_field_options.updated_at
+      user_fields.created_at
+      user_fields.updated_at
+      user_warnings.created_at
+      user_warnings.updated_at
+      watched_words.created_at
+      watched_words.updated_at
+      web_hook_events.created_at
+      web_hook_events.updated_at
+      web_hooks.created_at
+      web_hooks.updated_at
+    }
+
+    char_limit_columns = %w{
+      badge_groupings.name
+      badge_posts.action_code
+      badge_posts.edit_reason
+      badge_types.name
+      badges.icon
+      badges.name
+      categories.email_in
+      categories.slug
+      color_scheme_colors.hex
+      color_scheme_colors.name
+      color_schemes.name
+      draft_sequences.draft_key
+      drafts.draft_key
+      email_logs.email_type
+      email_logs.to_address
+      email_tokens.email
+      email_tokens.token
+      embeddable_hosts.host
+      github_user_infos.screen_name
+      groups.name
+      groups.title
+      invites.email
+      message_bus.context
+      message_bus.name
+      oauth2_user_infos.email
+      oauth2_user_infos.name
+      oauth2_user_infos.provider
+      oauth2_user_infos.uid
+      optimized_images.url
+      plugin_store_rows.key
+      plugin_store_rows.plugin_name
+      plugin_store_rows.type_name
+      post_details.key
+      post_details.value
+      post_search_data.locale
+      posts.action_code
+      posts.edit_reason
+      schema_migrations.version
+      screened_emails.email
+      screened_urls.domain
+      screened_urls.url
+      single_sign_on_records.external_email
+      single_sign_on_records.external_id
+      single_sign_on_records.external_name
+      single_sign_on_records.external_username
+      site_settings.name
+      stylesheet_cache.digest
+      stylesheet_cache.target
+      themes.name
+      topic_links.title
+      topic_search_data.locale
+      topics.archetype
+      topics.slug
+      topics.subtype
+      topics.title
+      uploads.original_filename
+      uploads.url
+      user_exports.file_name
+      user_field_options.value
+      user_fields.description
+      user_fields.field_type
+      user_fields.name
+      user_histories.context
+      user_histories.custom_type
+      user_histories.email
+      user_histories.ip_address
+      user_open_ids.email
+      user_open_ids.url
+      user_profiles.location
+      user_profiles.website
+      users.name
+      users.title
+    }
+
+    float_default_columns = %w{
+      top_topics.all_score
+      top_topics.daily_score
+      top_topics.monthly_score
+      top_topics.weekly_score
+      top_topics.yearly_score
+    }
+
+    other_default_columns = %w{
+      categories.color
+      topic_search_data.topic_id
+    }
+
+    lookup_sql = (
+      timestamp_columns +
+      char_limit_columns +
+      float_default_columns +
+      other_default_columns
+    ).map do |ref|
+      table, column = ref.split(".")
+      "(table_name='#{table}' AND column_name='#{column}')"
+    end.join(" OR ")
+
+    raw_info = DB.query_hash <<~SQL
+      SELECT table_name, column_name, is_nullable, character_maximum_length, column_default
+      FROM information_schema.columns 
+      WHERE table_schema='public' 
+      AND (
+        #{lookup_sql}
+      )
+    SQL
+
+    schema_hash = {}
+
+    raw_info.each do |row|
+      schema_hash["#{row["table_name"]}.#{row["column_name"]}"] = row
+    end
+
+    # In the past, rails changed the default behavior for timestamp columns
+    # This only affects older discourse installations
+    # This migration will make old database schemas match modern behavior
+    timestamp_columns.each do |ref|
+      current_value = schema_hash[ref]["is_nullable"]
+      next if current_value == "NO"
+
+      table, column = ref.split(".")
+
+      # There shouldn't be any null values - rails inserts timestamps automatically
+      # But just in case, set them to now() if there are any nulls
+      DB.exec <<~SQL
+        UPDATE #{table} SET #{column} = now() WHERE #{column} IS NULL
+      SQL
+
+      DB.exec <<~SQL
+        ALTER TABLE #{table} ALTER COLUMN #{column} SET NOT NULL
+      SQL
+    end
+
+    # In the past, rails changed the default behavior for varchar columns
+    # This only affects older discourse installations
+    # This migration removes the character limits from columns, so that they match modern behavior
+    char_limit_columns.each do |ref|
+      current_value = schema_hash[ref]["character_maximum_length"]
+      next if current_value == nil
+      table, column = ref.split(".")
+
+      DB.exec <<~SQL
+        ALTER TABLE #{table} ALTER COLUMN #{column} TYPE varchar
+      SQL
+    end
+
+    # In the past, rails changed the default behavior for float columns
+    # This only affects older discourse installations
+    # This migration updates the default values, so that they match modern behavior
+    float_default_columns.each do |ref|
+      current_value = schema_hash[ref]["column_default"]
+      next if current_value == "0.0"
+      table, column = ref.split(".")
+
+      DB.exec <<~SQL
+        ALTER TABLE #{table} ALTER COLUMN #{column} SET DEFAULT 0.0
+      SQL
+    end
+
+    # Category color default was changed in https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/faf09bb8c80fcb28b132a5a644ac689cc9abffc2
+    # But should have been added in a new migration
+    if schema_hash["categories.color"]["column_default"] != "'0088CC'::character varying"
+      DB.exec <<~SQL
+        ALTER TABLE categories ALTER COLUMN color SET DEFAULT '0088CC'
+      SQL
+    end
+
+    # Older sites have a default value like nextval('topic_search_data_topic_id_seq'::regclass)
+    # Modern sites do not. This is likely caused by another historical change in rails
+    if schema_hash["topic_search_data.topic_id"]["column_default"] != nil
+      DB.exec <<~SQL
+        ALTER TABLE topic_search_data ALTER COLUMN topic_id SET DEFAULT NULL
+      SQL
+    end
+  end
+
+  def down
+    raise ActiveRecord::IrreversibleMigration
+  end
+end