Add Get Query Params From The Request URL as a Remix TIL

README.md

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 - [Get The Size Of An Index](postgres/get-the-size-of-an-index.md)
 - [Getting A Slice Of An Array](postgres/getting-a-slice-of-an-array.md)
 - [Group By The Result Of A Function Call](postgres/group-by-the-result-of-a-function-call.md)
+- [Idempotent Inserts](postgres/idempotent-inserts.md)
 - [Include All Queries In The Log File](postgres/include-all-queries-in-the-log-file.md)
 - [Insert A Bunch Of Records With Generate Series](postgres/insert-a-bunch-of-records-with-generate-series.md)
 - [Insert Just The Defaults](postgres/insert-just-the-defaults.md)
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 ### Remix
 
+- [Get Query Params From The Request URL](remix/get-query-params-from-the-request-url.md)
 - [Relative And Absolute Paths In Links](remix/relative-and-absolute-paths-in-links.md)
 - [Run The Development Server From Another Port](remix/run-the-development-server-from-another-port.md)
 - [Set The Title Of A Page](remix/set-the-title-of-a-page.md)

postgres/idempotent-inserts.md

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+# Idempotent Inserts
+
+I'm writing a bunch of records from one table to another using
+[`insert`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-insert.html). This is
+part of a process to swap out a massive table with an identical version that
+has a fraction of the records.
+
+I want to copy a subset of rows from the primary table to the replacement table
+that meet certain criteria. This query should be re-runnable and idempotent.
+That way I can run it, investage the replacement table, and then run it again
+before swapping out the tables. This helps ensure I don't miss anything.
+
+Such an idempotent query can be written with the help of the `on conflict`
+clause.
+
+```sql
+insert into replacement_table
+select * from original_table
+where created_at > (now() - '3 months'::interval)
+on conflict do nothing;
+```
+
+If I run that multiple times, it skips over any records that would otherwise
+cause a conflict. The unique primary key column is usually what determines a
+conflicting record.
+
+Without the `on conflict do nothing`, trying to run this `insert` multiple
+times will fail on subsequent runs when it tries to re-insert rows with primary
+keys it has already inserted.

remix/get-query-params-from-the-request-url.md

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+# Get Query Params From The Request URL
+
+You can enable a Remix route to respond to query params in the URL in a
+`loader` function. To do this, you first need to parse them out of the request
+URL.
+
+The arguments to the `loader` function will include the `request` object which
+itself includes the `url`. From there, you can use the browser's [`URL`
+constructor](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/URL) to parse
+and extract query params (i.e. search params).
+
+```typescript
+import type { LoaderFunction } from "@remix-run/node";
+
+export async function loader({ request }): LoaderFunction {
+  const url = new URL(request.url);
+  const query = url.searchParams.get("q");
+
+  results = await getResultsForQuery({ query });
+
+  return { result };
+}
+```
+
+The constructed `URL` object responds to
+[`searchParams`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/searchParams)
+which you can call `get()` on to get a specific query param value. This uses
+the [`URLSearchParams`
+API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLSearchParams).
+
+In the above case, we are able to grab the value of the `q` query param.
+
+[source](https://remix.run/docs/en/v1/guides/data-loading#url-search-params)