diff --git a/memgpt/connectors/db.py b/memgpt/connectors/db.py
index 0c10f4f2..9c833968 100644
--- a/memgpt/connectors/db.py
+++ b/memgpt/connectors/db.py
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, String, BIGINT, select, inspect, t
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, mapped_column
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.sql import func
+from sqlalchemy import Column, BIGINT, String, DateTime
 
 import re
 from tqdm import tqdm
-from typing import Optional, List, Iterator
+from typing import Optional, List, Iterator, Dict
 import numpy as np
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import pandas as pd
@@ -20,10 +21,18 @@ from memgpt.connectors.storage import StorageConnector, TableType
 from memgpt.config import AgentConfig, MemGPTConfig
 from memgpt.constants import MEMGPT_DIR
 from memgpt.utils import printd
+from memgpt.data_types import Record, Message, Passage
+
+from datetime import datetime
 
 Base = declarative_base()
 
 
+def parse_formatted_time(formatted_time):
+    # parse times returned by memgpt.utils.get_formatted_time()
+    return datetime.strptime(formatted_time, "%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S %p %Z%z")
+
+
 def get_db_model(table_name: str, table_type: TableType):
     config = MemGPTConfig.load()
 
@@ -37,6 +46,8 @@ def get_db_model(table_name: str, table_type: TableType):
             # Assuming passage_id is the primary key
             id = Column(BIGINT, primary_key=True, nullable=False, autoincrement=True)
             doc_id = Column(String)
+            agent_id = Column(String)
+            data_source = Column(String)  # agent_name if agent, data_source name if from data source
             text = Column(String, nullable=False)
             embedding = mapped_column(Vector(config.embedding_dim))
             metadata_ = Column(JSON(astext_type=Text()))
@@ -48,9 +59,37 @@ def get_db_model(table_name: str, table_type: TableType):
         class_name = f"{table_name.capitalize()}Model"
         Model = type(class_name, (PassageModel,), {"__tablename__": table_name, "__table_args__": {"extend_existing": True}})
         return Model
+    elif table_type == TableType.RECALL_MEMORY:
+
+        class MessageModel(Base):
+            """Defines data model for storing Message objects"""
+
+            __abstract__ = True  # this line is necessary
+
+            # Assuming message_id is the primary key
+            id = Column(BIGINT, primary_key=True, nullable=False, autoincrement=True)
+            user_id = Column(String, nullable=False)
+            agent_id = Column(String, nullable=False)
+            role = Column(String, nullable=False)
+            content = Column(String, nullable=False)
+            model = Column(String, nullable=False)
+            function_name = Column(String)
+            function_args = Column(String)
+            function_response = Column(String)
+            embedding = mapped_column(Vector(config.embedding_dim))
+
+            # Add a datetime column, with default value as the current time
+            created_at = Column(DateTime(timezone=True), server_default=func.now())
+
+            def __repr__(self):
+                return f"<Message(message_id='{self.id}', content='{self.content}', embedding='{self.embedding})>"
+
+        """Create database model for table_name"""
+        class_name = f"{table_name.capitalize()}Model"
+        Model = type(class_name, (MessageModel,), {"__tablename__": table_name, "__table_args__": {"extend_existing": True}})
+        return Model
     else:
-        # TODO: implement recall memory, document store
-        raise NotImplementedError(f"Table type {table_type} not implemented")
+        raise ValueError(f"Table type {table_type} not implemented")
 
 
 class PostgresStorageConnector(StorageConnector):
@@ -58,21 +97,10 @@ class PostgresStorageConnector(StorageConnector):
 
     # TODO: this should probably eventually be moved into a parent DB class
 
-    def __init__(self, name: Optional[str] = None, agent_config: Optional[AgentConfig] = None):
+    def __init__(self, table_type: str, agent_config: Optional[AgentConfig] = None):
+        super().__init__(table_type=table_type, agent_config=agent_config)
         config = MemGPTConfig.load()
 
-        # determine table name
-        if agent_config:
-            assert name is None, f"Cannot specify both agent config and name {name}"
-            self.table_name = self.generate_table_name_agent(agent_config)
-        elif name:
-            assert agent_config is None, f"Cannot specify both agent config and name {name}"
-            self.table_name = self.generate_table_name(name)
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("Must specify either agent config or name")
-
-        printd(f"Using table name {self.table_name}")
-
         # create table
         self.uri = config.archival_storage_uri
         if config.archival_storage_uri is None:
@@ -83,39 +111,43 @@ class PostgresStorageConnector(StorageConnector):
         self.Session = sessionmaker(bind=self.engine)
         self.Session().execute(text("CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector"))  # Enables the vector extension
 
-    def get_all_paginated(self, page_size: int) -> Iterator[List[Passage]]:
+    def get_all_paginated(self, page_size: int, filters: Optional[Dict]) -> Iterator[List[Record]]:
         session = self.Session()
         offset = 0
+        filters = self.get_filters(filters)
         while True:
             # Retrieve a chunk of records with the given page_size
-            db_passages_chunk = session.query(self.db_model).offset(offset).limit(page_size).all()
+            db_passages_chunk = session.query(self.db_model).filter(*filters).offset(offset).limit(page_size).all()
 
             # If the chunk is empty, we've retrieved all records
             if not db_passages_chunk:
                 break
 
-            # Yield a list of Passage objects converted from the chunk
-            yield [Passage(text=p.text, embedding=p.embedding, doc_id=p.doc_id, passage_id=p.id) for p in db_passages_chunk]
+            # Yield a list of Record objects converted from the chunk
+            yield [self.type(**p.to_dict()) for p in db_passages_chunk]
 
             # Increment the offset to get the next chunk in the next iteration
             offset += page_size
 
-    def get_all(self, limit=10) -> List[Passage]:
+    def get_all(self, limit=10, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}) -> List[Record]:
         session = self.Session()
-        db_passages = session.query(self.db_model).limit(limit).all()
-        return [Passage(text=p.text, embedding=p.embedding, doc_id=p.doc_id, passage_id=p.id) for p in db_passages]
+        filters = self.get_filters(filters)
+        db_passages = session.query(self.db_model).filter(*filters).limit(limit).all()
+        return [self.type(**p.to_dict()) for p in db_passages]
 
-    def get(self, id: str) -> Optional[Passage]:
+    def get(self, id: str, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}) -> Optional[Passage]:
         session = self.Session()
-        db_passage = session.query(self.db_model).get(id)
+        filters = self.get_filters(filters)
+        db_passage = session.query(self.db_model).filter(*filters).get(id)
         if db_passage is None:
             return None
         return Passage(text=db_passage.text, embedding=db_passage.embedding, doc_id=db_passage.doc_id, passage_id=db_passage.passage_id)
 
-    def size(self) -> int:
+    def size(self, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}) -> int:
         # return size of table
         session = self.Session()
-        return session.query(self.db_model).count()
+        filters = self.get_filters(filters)
+        return session.query(self.db_model).filter(*filters).count()
 
     def insert(self, passage: Passage):
         session = self.Session()
@@ -123,38 +155,35 @@ class PostgresStorageConnector(StorageConnector):
         session.add(db_passage)
         session.commit()
 
-    def insert_many(self, passages: List[Passage], show_progress=True):
+    def insert_many(self, records: List[Record], show_progress=True):
         session = self.Session()
-        iterable = tqdm(passages) if show_progress else passages
+        iterable = tqdm(records) if show_progress else records
         for passage in iterable:
             db_passage = self.db_model(doc_id=passage.doc_id, text=passage.text, embedding=passage.embedding)
             session.add(db_passage)
         session.commit()
 
-    def query(self, query: str, query_vec: List[float], top_k: int = 10) -> List[Passage]:
+    def query(self, query: str, query_vec: List[float], top_k: int = 10, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}) -> List[Record]:
         session = self.Session()
         # Assuming PassageModel.embedding has the capability of computing l2_distance
-        results = session.scalars(select(self.db_model).order_by(self.db_model.embedding.l2_distance(query_vec)).limit(top_k)).all()
+        filters = self.get_filters(filters)
+        results = session.scalars(
+            select(self.db_model).filter(*filters).order_by(self.db_model.embedding.l2_distance(query_vec)).limit(top_k)
+        ).all()
 
         # Convert the results into Passage objects
-        passages = [
-            Passage(text=result.text, embedding=np.frombuffer(result.embedding), doc_id=result.doc_id, passage_id=result.id)
-            for result in results
-        ]
-        return passages
-
-    def delete(self):
-        """Drop the passage table from the database."""
-        # Bind the engine to the metadata of the base class so that the
-        # declaratives can be accessed through a DBSession instance
-        Base.metadata.bind = self.engine
-
-        # Drop the table specified by the PassageModel class
-        self.db_model.__table__.drop(self.engine)
+        records = [self.type(**vars(result)) for result in results]
+        return records
 
     def save(self):
         return
 
+    def list_data_sources(self):
+        assert self.table_type == TableType.ARCHIVAL_MEMORY, f"list_data_sources only implemented for ARCHIVAL_MEMORY"
+        session = self.Session()
+        unique_data_sources = session.query(self.db_model.data_source).filter(*self.filters).distinct().all()
+        return unique_data_sources
+
     @staticmethod
     def list_loaded_data():
         config = MemGPTConfig.load()
@@ -166,29 +195,6 @@ class PostgresStorageConnector(StorageConnector):
         tables = [table[start_chars:] for table in tables]
         return tables
 
-    def sanitize_table_name(self, name: str) -> str:
-        # Remove leading and trailing whitespace
-        name = name.strip()
-
-        # Replace spaces and invalid characters with underscores
-        name = re.sub(r"\s+|\W+", "_", name)
-
-        # Truncate to the maximum identifier length (e.g., 63 for PostgreSQL)
-        max_length = 63
-        if len(name) > max_length:
-            name = name[:max_length].rstrip("_")
-
-        # Convert to lowercase
-        name = name.lower()
-
-        return name
-
-    def generate_table_name_agent(self, agent_config: AgentConfig):
-        return f"memgpt_agent_{self.sanitize_table_name(agent_config.name)}"
-
-    def generate_table_name(self, name: str):
-        return f"memgpt_{self.sanitize_table_name(name)}"
-
 
 class LanceDBConnector(StorageConnector):
     """Storage via LanceDB"""
@@ -309,26 +315,3 @@ class LanceDBConnector(StorageConnector):
         start_chars = len("memgpt_")
         tables = [table[start_chars:] for table in tables]
         return tables
-
-    def sanitize_table_name(self, name: str) -> str:
-        # Remove leading and trailing whitespace
-        name = name.strip()
-
-        # Replace spaces and invalid characters with underscores
-        name = re.sub(r"\s+|\W+", "_", name)
-
-        # Truncate to the maximum identifier length
-        max_length = 63
-        if len(name) > max_length:
-            name = name[:max_length].rstrip("_")
-
-        # Convert to lowercase
-        name = name.lower()
-
-        return name
-
-    def generate_table_name_agent(self, agent_config: AgentConfig):
-        return f"memgpt_agent_{self.sanitize_table_name(agent_config.name)}"
-
-    def generate_table_name(self, name: str):
-        return f"memgpt_{self.sanitize_table_name(name)}"
diff --git a/memgpt/connectors/local.py b/memgpt/connectors/local.py
index e80efac5..1566df55 100644
--- a/memgpt/connectors/local.py
+++ b/memgpt/connectors/local.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from llama_index.retrievers import VectorIndexRetriever
 from llama_index.schema import TextNode
 
 from memgpt.constants import MEMGPT_DIR
+from memgpt.data_types import Record
 from memgpt.config import MemGPTConfig
 from memgpt.connectors.storage import StorageConnector, Passage
 from memgpt.config import AgentConfig, MemGPTConfig
@@ -137,3 +138,50 @@ class VectorIndexStorageConnector(StorageConnector):
 
     def size(self):
         return len(self.get_nodes())
+
+
+class InMemoryStorageConnector(StorageConnector):
+    """Really dumb class so we can have a unified storae connector interface - keeps everything in memory"""
+
+    # TODO: maybae replace this with sqllite?
+
+    def __init__(self, name: Optional[str] = None, agent_config: Optional[AgentConfig] = None):
+        from memgpt.embeddings import embedding_model
+
+        config = MemGPTConfig.load()
+        # TODO: figure out save location
+
+        self.rows = []
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_all_paginated(self, page_size: int, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}) -> Iterator[List[Record]]:
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_all(self, limit: int, filters: Optional[Dict]) -> List[Record]:
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get(self, id: str) -> Record:
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def insert(self, record: Record):
+        self.rows.append(record)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def insert_many(self, records: List[Record]):
+        self.rows += records
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def query(self, query: str, query_vec: List[float], top_k: int = 10, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}) -> List[Record]:
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def save(self):
+        """Save state of storage connector"""
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def size(self, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}) -> int:
+        pass
diff --git a/memgpt/connectors/storage.py b/memgpt/connectors/storage.py
index 5e64f39b..ed2d37eb 100644
--- a/memgpt/connectors/storage.py
+++ b/memgpt/connectors/storage.py
@@ -8,74 +8,137 @@ import pickle
 import os
 
 
-from typing import List, Optional
-from abc import abstractmethod
-import numpy as np
+from typing import List, Optional, Dict
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
 
 from memgpt.config import AgentConfig, MemGPTConfig
-from memgpt.data_types import Record
+from memgpt.data_types import Record, Passage, Document, Message
 
 
 # ENUM representing table types in MemGPT
+# each table corresponds to a different table schema  (specified in data_types.py)
 class TableType:
     ARCHIVAL_MEMORY = "archival_memory"  # recall memory table: memgpt_agent_{agent_id}
     RECALL_MEMORY = "recall_memory"  # archival memory table: memgpt_agent_recall_{agent_id}
-    DOCUMENTS = "documents"
-    USERS = "users"
-    AGENTS = "agents"
+    PASSAGES = "passages"  # TODO
+    DOCUMENTS = "documents"  # TODO
+    USERS = "users"  # TODO
+    AGENTS = "agents"  # TODO
 
 
-# Defining schema objects:
-# Note: user/agent can borrow from MemGPTConfig/AgentConfig classes
+# table names used by MemGPT
+RECALL_TABLE_NAME = "memgpt_recall_memory"
+ARCHIVAL_TABLE_NAME = "memgpt_archival_memory"
+PASSAGE_TABLE_NAME = "memgpt_passages"
+DOCUMENT_TABLE_NAME = "memgpt_documents"
 
 
 class StorageConnector:
+    def __init__(self, table_type: TableType, agent_config: Optional[AgentConfig] = None):
+
+        config = MemGPTConfig.load()
+        self.agent_config = agent_config
+        self.user_id = config.anon_clientid
+        self.table_type = table_type
+
+        # get object type
+        if table_type == TableType.ARCHIVAL_MEMORY:
+            self.type = Passage
+        elif table_type == TableType.RECALL_MEMORY:
+            self.type = Message
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Table type {table_type} not implemented")
+
+        # determine name of database table
+        self.table_name = self.generate_table_name(agent_config, table_type=table_type)
+        printd(f"Using table name {self.table_name}")
+
+        # setup base filters
+        if self.table_type == TableType.ARCHIVAL_MEMORY or self.table_type == TableType.RECALL_MEMORY:
+            # agent-specific table
+            self.filters = {"user_id": self.user_id, "agent_id": self.agent_config.name}
+        else:
+            self.filters = {"user_id": self.user_id}
+
+    def get_filters(self, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}):
+        # get all filters for query
+        if filters is not None:
+            filter_conditions = {**self.filters, **filters}
+            return self.filters + [self.db_model[key] == value for key, value in filter_conditions.items()]
+        else:
+            return self.filters
+
+    def generate_table_name(self, agent_config: AgentConfig, table_type: TableType):
+
+        if agent_config is not None:
+            # Table names for agent-specific tables
+            if agent_config.memgpt_version < "0.2.6":
+                # if agent is prior version, use old table name
+                if table_type == TableType.ARCHIVAL_MEMORY:
+                    return f"memgpt_agent_{self.sanitize_table_name(agent_config.name)}"
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(f"Table type {table_type} not implemented")
+            else:
+                if table_type == TableType.ARCHIVAL_MEMORY:
+                    return ARCHIVAL_TABLE_NAME
+                elif table_type == TableType.RECALL_MEMORY:
+                    return RECALL_TABLE_NAME
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(f"Table type {table_type} not implemented")
+        else:
+            # table names for non-agent specific tables
+            if table_type == TableType.PASSAGES:
+                return PASSAGE_TABLE_NAME
+            elif table_type == TableType.DOCUMENTS:
+                return DOCUMENT_TABLE_NAME
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(f"Table type {table_type} not implemented")
+
     @staticmethod
-    def get_archival_storage_connector(name: Optional[str] = None, agent_config: Optional[AgentConfig] = None):
+    def get_archival_storage_connector(agent_config: Optional[AgentConfig] = None):
         storage_type = MemGPTConfig.load().archival_storage_type
 
         if storage_type == "local":
             from memgpt.connectors.local import VectorIndexStorageConnector
 
-            return VectorIndexStorageConnector(name=name, agent_config=agent_config)
+            return VectorIndexStorageConnector(agent_config=agent_config)
 
         elif storage_type == "postgres":
             from memgpt.connectors.db import PostgresStorageConnector
 
-            return PostgresStorageConnector(name=name, agent_config=agent_config)
-        elif storage_type == "chroma":
-            from memgpt.connectors.chroma import ChromaStorageConnector
+            return PostgresStorageConnector(agent_config=agent_config)
 
             return ChromaStorageConnector(name=name, agent_config=agent_config)
         elif storage_type == "lancedb":
             from memgpt.connectors.db import LanceDBConnector
 
-            return LanceDBConnector(name=name, agent_config=agent_config)
+            return LanceDBConnector(agent_config=agent_config)
+
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError(f"Storage type {storage_type} not implemented")
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get_recall_storage_connector(name: Optional[str] = None, agent_config: Optional[AgentConfig] = None):
+    def get_recall_storage_connector(agent_config: Optional[AgentConfig] = None):
         storage_type = MemGPTConfig.load().recall_storage_type
 
         if storage_type == "local":
-            from memgpt.connectors.local import VectorIndexStorageConnector
+            from memgpt.connectors.local import InMemoryStorageConnector
 
             # maintains in-memory list for storage
-            return InMemoryStorageConnector(name=name, agent_config=agent_config)
+            return InMemoryStorageConnector(agent_config=agent_config, table_type=TableType.RECALL_MEMORY)
 
         elif storage_type == "postgres":
             from memgpt.connectors.db import PostgresStorageConnector
 
-            return PostgresStorageConnector(name=name, agent_config=agent_config)
+            return PostgresStorageConnector(agent_config=agent_config, table_type=TableType.RECALL_MEMORY)
 
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError(f"Storage type {storage_type} not implemented")
 
     @staticmethod
     def list_loaded_data():
+        # TODO: modify this to simply list loaded data from a given user
         storage_type = MemGPTConfig.load().archival_storage_type
         if storage_type == "local":
             from memgpt.connectors.local import VectorIndexStorageConnector
@@ -97,11 +160,11 @@ class StorageConnector:
             raise NotImplementedError(f"Storage type {storage_type} not implemented")
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def get_all_paginated(self, page_size: int) -> Iterator[List[Record]]:
+    def get_all_paginated(self, page_size: int, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}) -> Iterator[List[Record]]:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def get_all(self, limit: int) -> List[Record]:
+    def get_all(self, limit: int, filters: Optional[Dict]) -> List[Record]:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
@@ -109,15 +172,15 @@ class StorageConnector:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def insert(self, passage: Record):
+    def insert(self, record: Record):
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def insert_many(self, passages: List[Record]):
+    def insert_many(self, records: List[Record]):
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def query(self, query: str, query_vec: List[float], top_k: int = 10) -> List[Record]:
+    def query(self, query: str, query_vec: List[float], top_k: int = 10, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}) -> List[Record]:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
@@ -126,6 +189,6 @@ class StorageConnector:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def size(self):
+    def size(self, filters: Optional[Dict] = {}) -> int:
         """Get number of passages (text/embedding pairs) in storage"""
         pass
diff --git a/memgpt/data_types.py b/memgpt/data_types.py
index 0b6dcf29..e408f723 100644
--- a/memgpt/data_types.py
+++ b/memgpt/data_types.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Message(Record):
         user_id: str,
         agent_id: str,
         role: str,
-        text: str,
+        content: str,
         model: str,  # model used to make function call
         function_name: Optional[str] = None,  # name of function called
         function_args: Optional[str] = None,  # args of function called
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Message(Record):
         embedding: Optional[np.ndarray] = None,
         id: Optional[str] = None,
     ):
-        super().__init__(user_id, agent_id, text, id)
+        super().__init__(user_id, agent_id, content, id)
         self.role = role  # role (agent/user/function)
         self.model = model  # model name (e.g. gpt-4)
 
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ class Message(Record):
 class Document(Record):
     """A document represent a document loaded into MemGPT, which is broken down into passages."""
 
-    def __init__(self, user_id: str, text: str, document_id: Optional[str] = None):
+    def __init__(self, user_id: str, text: str, data_source: str, document_id: Optional[str] = None):
         super().__init__(user_id)
         self.text = text
         self.document_id = document_id
+        self.data_source = data_source
         # TODO: add optional embedding?
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
@@ -78,9 +79,18 @@ class Passage(Record):
     It is a string of text with an associated embedding.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, user_id: str, text: str, embedding: np.ndarray, doc_id: Optional[str] = None, passage_id: Optional[str] = None):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        user_id: str,
+        text: str,
+        data_source: str,
+        embedding: np.ndarray,
+        doc_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        passage_id: Optional[str] = None,
+    ):
         super().__init__(user_id)
         self.text = text
+        self.data_source = data_source
         self.embedding = embedding
         self.doc_id = doc_id
         self.passage_id = passage_id
diff --git a/memgpt/memory.py b/memgpt/memory.py
index 09673849..0ac27aab 100644
--- a/memgpt/memory.py
+++ b/memgpt/memory.py
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import re
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
 
 from memgpt.constants import MESSAGE_SUMMARY_WARNING_FRAC
-from memgpt.utils import get_local_time, printd, count_tokens
+from memgpt.utils import get_local_time, printd, count_tokens, validate_date_format, extract_date_from_timestamp
 from memgpt.prompts.gpt_summarize import SYSTEM as SUMMARY_PROMPT_SYSTEM
 from memgpt.openai_tools import create
-from memgpt.config import MemGPTConfig
-from memgpt.embeddings import embedding_model
+from memgpt.data_types import Message, Passage
 from llama_index import Document
 from llama_index.node_parser import SimpleNodeParser
 from llama_index.node_parser import SimpleNodeParser
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ def summarize_messages(
 
 class ArchivalMemory(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
-    def insert(self, memory_string):
+    def insert(self, memory_string: str):
         """Insert new archival memory
 
         :param memory_string: Memory string to insert
@@ -178,6 +177,10 @@ class RecallMemory(ABC):
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         pass
 
+    @abstractmethod
+    def insert(self, message: Message):
+        pass
+
 
 class DummyRecallMemory(RecallMemory):
     """Dummy in-memory version of a recall memory database (eg run on MongoDB)
@@ -189,29 +192,12 @@ class DummyRecallMemory(RecallMemory):
     effectively allowing it to 'remember' prior engagements with a user.
     """
 
-    # TODO: replace this with StorageConnector based implementation
-
-    def __init__(self, agent_config, restrict_search_to_summaries=False):
+    def __init__(self, message_database=None, restrict_search_to_summaries=False):
+        self._message_logs = [] if message_database is None else message_database  # consists of full message dicts
 
         # If true, the pool of messages that can be queried are the automated summaries only
         # (generated when the conversation window needs to be shortened)
         self.restrict_search_to_summaries = restrict_search_to_summaries
-        from memgpt.connectors.storage import StorageConnector
-
-        self.top_k = top_k
-        self.agent_config = agent_config
-        config = MemGPTConfig.load()
-
-        # create embedding model
-        self.embed_model = embedding_model()
-        self.embedding_chunk_size = config.embedding_chunk_size
-
-        # create storage backend
-        self.storage = StorageConnector.get_archival_storage_connector(
-            agent_config=agent_config, table_type="recall_memory"  # TODO: change to enum
-        )
-        # TODO: have some mechanism for cleanup otherwise will lead to OOM
-        self.cache = {}
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self._message_logs)
@@ -267,25 +253,11 @@ class DummyRecallMemory(RecallMemory):
         else:
             return matches, len(matches)
 
-    def _validate_date_format(self, date_str):
-        """Validate the given date string in the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'."""
-        try:
-            datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y-%m-%d")
-            return True
-        except (ValueError, TypeError):
-            return False
-
-    def _extract_date_from_timestamp(self, timestamp):
-        """Extracts and returns the date from the given timestamp."""
-        # Extracts the date (ignoring the time and timezone)
-        match = re.match(r"(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})", timestamp)
-        return match.group(1) if match else None
-
     def date_search(self, start_date, end_date, count=None, start=None):
         message_pool = [d for d in self._message_logs if d["message"]["role"] not in ["system", "function"]]
 
         # First, validate the start_date and end_date format
-        if not self._validate_date_format(start_date) or not self._validate_date_format(end_date):
+        if not validate_date_format(start_date) or not validate_date_format(end_date):
             raise ValueError("Invalid date format. Expected format: YYYY-MM-DD")
 
         # Convert dates to datetime objects for comparison
@@ -296,7 +268,7 @@ class DummyRecallMemory(RecallMemory):
         matches = [
             d
             for d in message_pool
-            if start_date_dt <= datetime.datetime.strptime(self._extract_date_from_timestamp(d["timestamp"]), "%Y-%m-%d") <= end_date_dt
+            if start_date_dt <= datetime.datetime.strptime(extract_date_from_timestamp(d["timestamp"]), "%Y-%m-%d") <= end_date_dt
         ]
 
         # start/count support paging through results
@@ -312,6 +284,42 @@ class DummyRecallMemory(RecallMemory):
             return matches, len(matches)
 
 
+class RecallMemorySQL(RecallMemory):
+    def __init__(self, agent_config, restrict_search_to_summaries=False):
+
+        # If true, the pool of messages that can be queried are the automated summaries only
+        # (generated when the conversation window needs to be shortened)
+        self.restrict_search_to_summaries = restrict_search_to_summaries
+        from memgpt.connectors.storage import StorageConnector
+
+        self.agent_config = agent_config
+        config = MemGPTConfig.load()
+
+        # create embedding model
+        self.embed_model = embedding_model()
+        self.embedding_chunk_size = config.embedding_chunk_size
+
+        # create storage backend
+        self.storage = StorageConnector.get_recall_storage_connector(agent_config=agent_config)
+        # TODO: have some mechanism for cleanup otherwise will lead to OOM
+        self.cache = {}
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def text_search(self, query_string, count=None, start=None):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def date_search(self, query_string, count=None, start=None):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    def insert(self, message: Message):
+        pass
+
+
 class EmbeddingArchivalMemory(ArchivalMemory):
     """Archival memory with embedding based search"""
 
diff --git a/memgpt/utils.py b/memgpt/utils.py
index 8e864a42..b0e858a4 100644
--- a/memgpt/utils.py
+++ b/memgpt/utils.py
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime
-import json
-import os
-import pickle
-import platform
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import io
-from contextlib import contextmanager
-
+import re
 import difflib
 import demjson3 as demjson
 import pytz
@@ -288,3 +280,20 @@ def get_schema_diff(schema_a, schema_b):
     difference = [line for line in difference if line.startswith("+ ") or line.startswith("- ")]
 
     return "".join(difference)
+
+
+# datetime related
+def validate_date_format(date_str):
+    """Validate the given date string in the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'."""
+    try:
+        datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y-%m-%d")
+        return True
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        return False
+
+
+def extract_date_from_timestamp(timestamp):
+    """Extracts and returns the date from the given timestamp."""
+    # Extracts the date (ignoring the time and timezone)
+    match = re.match(r"(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})", timestamp)
+    return match.group(1) if match else None
diff --git a/tests/test_storage.py b/tests/test_storage.py
index fc941fa1..6688a550 100644
--- a/tests/test_storage.py
+++ b/tests/test_storage.py
@@ -14,11 +14,54 @@ from memgpt.connectors.storage import StorageConnector, Passage
 from memgpt.connectors.chroma import ChromaStorageConnector
 from memgpt.connectors.db import PostgresStorageConnector, LanceDBConnector
 from memgpt.embeddings import embedding_model
+from memgpt.data_types import Message, Passage
 from memgpt.config import MemGPTConfig, AgentConfig
 
 import argparse
 
 
+def test_recall_db() -> None:
+    # os.environ["MEMGPT_CONFIG_PATH"] = "./config"
+
+    storage_type = "postgres"
+    storage_uri = os.getenv("PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL")
+    config = MemGPTConfig(recall_storage_type=storage_type, recall_storage_uri=storage_uri)
+    print(config.config_path)
+    assert config.recall_storage_uri is not None
+    config.save()
+    print(config)
+
+    conn = StorageConnector.get_recall_storage_connector()
+
+    # construct recall memory messages
+    message1 = Message(
+        agent_id="test_agent1",
+        role="agent",
+        content="This is a test message",
+        id="test_id1",
+    )
+    message2 = Message(
+        agent_id="test_agent2",
+        role="user",
+        content="This is a test message",
+        id="test_id2",
+    )
+
+    # test insert
+    conn.insert(message1)
+    conn.insert_many([message2])
+
+    # test size
+    assert conn.size() == 2, f"Expected 2 messages, got {conn.size()}"
+    assert conn.size(filters={"agent_id": "test_agent2"}) == 1, f"Expected 2 messages, got {conn.size()}"
+
+    # test get
+    assert conn.get("test_id1") == message1, f"Expected {message1}, got {conn.get('test_id1')}"
+    assert (
+        len(conn.get_all(limit=10, filters={"agent_id": "test_agent2"})) == 1
+    ), f"Expected 1 message, got {len(conn.get_all(limit=10, filters={'agent_id': 'test_agent2'}))}"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not os.getenv("PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL") or not os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"), reason="Missing PG URI and/or OpenAI API key")
 def test_postgres_openai():
     if not os.getenv("PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL"):