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+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS articles_tags;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tags;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS articles;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS issues;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS users;
+
+CREATE TABLE users (
+    id          INT         AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    username    VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    password    VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL,
+    first_name  VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
+    last_name   VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
+    role        INT         NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY(id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE issues (
+    id          INT     AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    published   BOOL    NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY(id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE articles (
+    id          INT             AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    title       VARCHAR(255)    NOT NULL,
+    created     TIMESTAMP       DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    description TEXT            NOT NULL,
+    content     TEXT            NOT NULL,
+    published   BOOL            NOT NULL,
+    rejected    BOOL            NOT NULL,
+    author_id   INT             NOT NULL,
+    issue_id    INT             NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY(id),
+    FOREIGN KEY(author_id) REFERENCES users(id),
+    FOREIGN KEY(issue_id) REFERENCES issues(id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE tags (
+    id      INT         AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    name    VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    PRIMARY KEY(id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE articles_tags (
+    article_id  INT,
+    tag_id      INT,
+    PRIMARY KEY(article_id, tag_id),
+    FOREIGN KEY(article_id) REFERENCES articles(id),
+    FOREIGN KEY(tag_id) REFERENCES tags(id)
+);