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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// @ts-check
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('knex')} knex
+ */
+exports.up = async function up(knex) {
+  if (knex.client.config.client !== 'sqlite3') {
+    // We actually just want to widen columns, but can't do that while a
+    // view is dependent on them - so we just reconstruct it exactly as it was
+    await knex.schema
+      .raw('DROP VIEW location_update_log_latest;')
+      .alterTable('location_update_log', table => {
+        table.text('message').alter();
+        table.text('entity_name').nullable().alter();
+      }).raw(`
+        CREATE VIEW location_update_log_latest AS
+        SELECT t1.* FROM location_update_log t1
+        JOIN
+        (
+          SELECT location_id, MAX(id) AS MAXID
+          FROM location_update_log
+          GROUP BY location_id
+        ) t2
+        ON t1.location_id = t2.location_id
+        AND t1.id = t2.MAXID
+        GROUP BY t1.location_id, t1.id
+        ORDER BY created_at DESC;
+      `);
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('knex')} knex
+ */
+exports.down = async function down(knex) {
+  if (knex.client.config.client !== 'sqlite3') {
+    await knex.schema
+      .raw('DROP VIEW location_update_log_latest;')
+      .alterTable('location_update_log', table => {
+        table.string('message').alter();
+        table.string('entity_name').nullable().alter();
+      }).raw(`
+        CREATE VIEW location_update_log_latest AS
+        SELECT t1.* FROM location_update_log t1
+        JOIN
+        (
+          SELECT location_id, MAX(id) AS MAXID
+          FROM location_update_log
+          GROUP BY location_id
+        ) t2
+        ON t1.location_id = t2.location_id
+        AND t1.id = t2.MAXID
+        GROUP BY t1.location_id, t1.id
+        ORDER BY created_at DESC;
+      `);
+  }
+};