Always create the Body field and populate only on request.

Author: musically-ut

load_into_pg.py

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def handleTable(table, keys, dbname, mbDbFile, mbHost, mbPort, mbUsername, mbPas
       , 'CreationDate'
       , 'Score'
       , 'ViewCount'
-      # , 'Body'
+      , 'Body'
       , 'OwnerUserId'
       , 'LastEditorUserId'
       , 'LastEditorDisplayName'
@@ -220,8 +220,9 @@ def handleTable(table, keys, dbname, mbDbFile, mbHost, mbPort, mbUsername, mbPas
       , 'CommunityOwnedDate'
     ]
 
-    if args.with_post_body:
-        keys.append('Body')
+    # If the user has not explicitly asked for loading the body, we replace it with NULL
+    if not args.with_post_body:
+        specialRules[('Posts', 'Body')] = 'NULL'
 
 elif table == 'Tags':
     keys = [

sql/Posts_pre.sql

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ CREATE TABLE Posts (
     CreationDate           timestamp not NULL ,
     Score                  int                ,
     ViewCount              int                ,
- -- Not storing the body currently
- -- Body                   text not NULL      ,
+    Body                   text               ,
     OwnerUserId            int                ,
     LastEditorUserId       int                ,
     LastEditorDisplayName  text               ,