wrote the code to handle attachment upload (and link from new-topic post)

database/post.go

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+/*
+ * Amsterdam Web Communities System
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Erbosoft Metaverse Design Solutions, All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+// The database package contains database management and storage logic.
+package database
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type PostHeader struct {
+	PostId       int64      `db:"postid"`        // ID of the post
+	Parent       int64      `db:"parent"`        // ID of parent (unused?)
+	TopicId      int32      `db:"topicid"`       // topic containing the post
+	Num          int32      `db:"num"`           // post number
+	LineCount    *int32     `db:"linecount"`     // number of lines
+	CreatorUid   int32      `db:"creator_uid"`   // UID creating post
+	Posted       time.Time  `db:"posted"`        // date posted
+	Hidden       bool       `db:"hidden"`        // is post hidden?
+	ScribbleUid  *int32     `db:"scribble_uid"`  // UID of who scribbled it
+	ScribbleDate *time.Time `db:"scribble_date"` // when was it scribbled?
+	Pseud        *string    `db:"pseud"`         // post's "pseud" (name/header)
+}
+
+func (p *PostHeader) SetAttachment(fileName string, mimeType string, length int32, data []byte) error {
+	_, err := amdb.Exec("INSERT INTO postattach (postid, datalen, filename, mimetype, data) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+		p.PostId, length, fileName, mimeType, data)
+	return err
+}
+
+func AmGetPost(postId int64) (*PostHeader, error) {
+	var dbdata []PostHeader
+	err := amdb.Select(&dbdata, "SELECT * FROM posts WHERE postid = ?", postId)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(dbdata) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("post not found")
+	}
+	if len(dbdata) > 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("AmGetPost: too many entries (%d) for post ID %d", len(dbdata), postId)
+	}
+	return &(dbdata[0]), nil
+}