use patch for DB changes

Author: sjanssen2

Diff for: qiita_db/support_files/patches/93.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-- Jun 19, 2024
+-- Adding a new column to the user table that logs when this account was created
+-- Usefull e.g. to prune non-verified=inactive user or to plot user growth
+
+ALTER TABLE qiita.qiita_user
+  ADD creation_timestamp timestamp without time zone DEFAULT NOW();
+
+COMMENT ON COLUMN qiita.qiita_user.creation_timestamp IS 'The date the user account was created';

Diff for: qiita_db/support_files/qiita-db-unpatched.sql

@@ -1891,8 +1891,7 @@ CREATE TABLE qiita.qiita_user (
     receive_processing_job_emails boolean DEFAULT false,
     social_orcid character varying DEFAULT NULL,
     social_researchgate character varying DEFAULT NULL,
-    social_googlescholar character varying DEFAULT NULL,
-    creation_timestamp timestamp without time zone DEFAULT NULL
+    social_googlescholar character varying DEFAULT NULL
 );
 
 

Diff for: qiita_db/user.py

@@ -234,12 +234,6 @@ def create(cls, email, password, info=None):
                 cls._table, ','.join(columns), ','.join(['%s'] * len(values)))
             qdb.sql_connection.TRN.add(sql, values)
 
-            # log timestamp of user creation
-            sql = """UPDATE qiita.{0}
-                     SET creation_timestamp = NOW()
-                     WHERE email = %s""".format(cls._table)
-            qdb.sql_connection.perform_as_transaction(sql, [email])
-
             # Add system messages to user
             sql = """INSERT INTO qiita.message_user (email, message_id)
                      SELECT %s, message_id FROM qiita.message