diff --git a/src/lib/tests/db.test.ts b/src/lib/tests/db.test.ts
index 4a127b9..a01684d 100644
--- a/src/lib/tests/db.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/tests/db.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,126 @@
 // db.test.ts
 // Vitest tests for database
-
 import { expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { getPollMetadatas, getPollDetails } from '../server/read';
+import { db } from '../server/db/index'
+import { users, questions, polls, answers, userHasDonePoll, questionTypeEnum } from '../server/db/schema'
+import { eq, and } from "drizzle-orm";
+
+
+test("should insert and retrieve data from the database", async () => {
+  // Sample data to be inserted
+  const user = {
+    netid: "jdoe123",
+    email: "jdoe@example.com",
+    isAdmin: true,
+    isEmailList: false,
+  };
+
+  const poll = {
+    userId: "jdoe123",
+    isRequest: false,
+    isActive: true,
+    isCompleted: false,
+    title: "Favorite Movie Poll",
+    suggested_duration: 5,
+    endsAt: new Date("2025-02-01T23:59:59Z"),
+  };
+
+  const question = {
+    pollId: null, // Will be set after the poll is inserted
+    order: 1,
+    questionType: questionTypeEnum.enumValues[0], // Assuming "multiple_choice"
+    question: "What is your favorite movie?",
+    answerChoices: ["Inception", "Titanic", "Avatar", "The Matrix"],
+  };
+
+  const answer = {
+    questionID: null, // Will be set after the question is inserted
+    content: ["Inception"],
+  };
+
+  const userCompletedPoll = {
+    userId: "jdoe123",
+    pollId: null, // Will be set after poll is inserted
+  };
+
+  let insertedPollId: number;
+  let insertedQuestionId: number;
+  let insertedAnswerId: number;
+  let insertedUserId: string;
+  let insertedUserCompletedPollId: string;
+
+  /* // occassionally have to delete the data in the poll for some reason
+  await db.delete(answers);
+  await db.delete(questions);
+  await db.delete(userHasDonePoll);  
+  await db.delete(polls);
+  await db.delete(users);
+  */
+  
+
+  // Start the transaction to insert data
+  await db.transaction(async (trx) => {
+    // Insert the user
+    const insertedUser = await trx.insert(users).values(user).returning();
+    insertedUserId = insertedUser[0].netid; // Store the inserted user ID
+    console.log("User added:", insertedUser);
+
+    // Insert the poll and get the inserted poll's ID
+    const insertedPoll = await trx.insert(polls).values(poll).returning();
+    insertedPollId = insertedPoll[0].id; // Store the inserted poll ID
+    console.log("Poll added:", insertedPoll);
+
+    // Insert the question and set pollId dynamically
+    const insertedQuestion = await trx.insert(questions).values({
+      ...question,
+      pollId: insertedPollId, // Set dynamically from the inserted poll
+    }).returning();
+    insertedQuestionId = insertedQuestion[0].id; // Store the inserted question ID
+    console.log("Question added:", insertedQuestion);
+
+    // Insert the answer and set questionID dynamically
+    const insertedAnswer = await trx.insert(answers).values({
+      ...answer,
+      questionId: insertedQuestionId, // Set dynamically from the inserted question
+    }).returning();
+    insertedAnswerId = insertedAnswer[0].id; // Store the inserted answer ID
+    console.log("Answer added:", insertedAnswer);
+
+    // Insert the user poll completion record
+    const insertedUserCompletedPoll = await trx.insert(userHasDonePoll).values({
+      ...userCompletedPoll,
+      pollId: insertedPollId, // Set dynamically from the inserted poll
+    }).returning();
+    insertedUserCompletedPollId = insertedUserCompletedPoll[0].userId; // Store the inserted user poll completion record ID
+    console.log("User completed poll record added:", insertedUserCompletedPoll);
+  });
+
+  // Assertions to check if the data was retreived by getPollMetadatas correctly
+  const result = await getPollMetadatas("jdoe123")
+  console.log(result)
+  
+  expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(result[0]["title"]).toBe('Favorite Movie Poll');
+  expect(result[0]["isCompleted"]).toBe(false);
+  expect(result[0]["hasDone"]).toBe(true);
+  expect(result[0]["endsAt"] as string).toBe("Sat Feb 01 2025 18:59:59 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)");
+
+  // Cleanup: Delete the inserted data after the test
+  await db.transaction(async (trx) => {
+    // Delete the user-poll completion record first to avoid foreign key constraint violations
+    await trx.delete(userHasDonePoll).where(eq(userHasDonePoll.userId, insertedUserCompletedPollId));
+    
+    // Delete the answers
+    await trx.delete(answers).where(eq(answers.id, insertedAnswerId));
+    
+    // Delete the question
+    await trx.delete(questions).where(eq(questions.id, insertedQuestionId));
+
+    // Delete the poll
+    await trx.delete(polls).where(eq(polls.id, insertedPollId));
 
-test("addition works", () => {
-    expect(1 + 1).toBe(2);
-});
+    // Finally, delete the user
+    await trx.delete(users).where(eq(users.netid, insertedUserId));
+  });
+});
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