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+CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS "testschema";
+
+COMMENT ON SCHEMA "testschema" IS 'test schema for testing purposes';
+
+CREATE TABLE "testschema"."testtable" (
+    "id" serial,
+    "name" text NOT NULL,
+    "created_at" timestamptz DEFAULT now(),
+    CONSTRAINT "testtable_pkey" PRIMARY KEY (id)
+);
+