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diff --git a/src/server/database/database.go b/src/server/database/database.go
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+package database
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"log"
+
+	// We're using sqlite3 because we want to make deploying the project easy.
+	// (ie, no need to set up a postgres server for a little forum application).
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+)
+
+var db *sql.DB
+
+// Initialises the tables in the database (if they do not exist).
+func setup_db(db *sql.DB) error {
+	// FIXME executing multiple queries with one statement is definitely slower
+	// than a single query with multiple statments. IDK if our sqlite3 driver
+	// supports this, but a rewrite is needed if it does.
+	statements := [...]string{
+		("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Users(" +
+			"uid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT," +
+			"email TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE," +
+			"username TEXT," +
+			"password_hash TEXT NOT NULL," +
+			"password_salt TEXT NOT NULL);"),
+		("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Posts(" +
+			"uid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT," +
+			"author INTEGER NOT NULL," +
+			"parent INTEGER," +
+			"time INTEGER NOT NULL," +
+			"subreact TEXT NOT NULL," +
+			"title TEXT NOT NULL," +
+			"contents TEXT NOT NULL," +
+			"thumbnail BLOB NOT NULL," +
+			"image BLOB NOT NULL," +
+
+			"FOREIGN KEY (author) REFERENCES Users (uid)," +
+			"FOREIGN KEY (parent) REFERENCES Posts (uid));"),
+	}
+
+	for _, statement := range statements {
+		_, err := db.Exec(statement)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Call to initialise the database global var.
+func Init(path string) {
+	var err error
+	db, err = sql.Open("sqlite3", path)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = db.Ping()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = setup_db(db)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func GetDb() *sql.DB {
+	return db
+}
+
+// Call to close connection to database.
+func Close() {
+	db.Close()
+}