diff --git a/roomserver/storage/postgres/events_table.go b/roomserver/storage/postgres/events_table.go
index 86d226ce7..a4d05756d 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/postgres/events_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/postgres/events_table.go
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ func (s *eventStatements) BulkSelectStateEventByNID(
 	ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, eventNIDs []types.EventNID,
 	stateKeyTuples []types.StateKeyTuple,
 ) ([]types.StateEntry, error) {
-	tuples := stateKeyTupleSorter(stateKeyTuples)
+	tuples := types.StateKeyTupleSorter(stateKeyTuples)
 	sort.Sort(tuples)
-	eventTypeNIDArray, eventStateKeyNIDArray := tuples.typesAndStateKeysAsArrays()
+	eventTypeNIDArray, eventStateKeyNIDArray := tuples.TypesAndStateKeysAsArrays()
 	stmt := sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.bulkSelectStateEventByNIDStmt)
-	rows, err := stmt.QueryContext(ctx, eventNIDsAsArray(eventNIDs), eventTypeNIDArray, eventStateKeyNIDArray)
+	rows, err := stmt.QueryContext(ctx, eventNIDsAsArray(eventNIDs), pq.Int64Array(eventTypeNIDArray), pq.Int64Array(eventStateKeyNIDArray))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/postgres/room_aliases_table.go b/roomserver/storage/postgres/room_aliases_table.go
index d13df8e7f..a84929f61 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/postgres/room_aliases_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/postgres/room_aliases_table.go
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ type roomAliasesStatements struct {
 	deleteRoomAliasStmt          *sql.Stmt
 }
 
-func createRoomAliasesTable(db *sql.DB) error {
+func CreateRoomAliasesTable(db *sql.DB) error {
 	_, err := db.Exec(roomAliasesSchema)
 	return err
 }
 
-func prepareRoomAliasesTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.RoomAliases, error) {
+func PrepareRoomAliasesTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.RoomAliases, error) {
 	s := &roomAliasesStatements{}
 
 	return s, sqlutil.StatementList{
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ func (s *roomAliasesStatements) SelectAliasesFromRoomID(
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "selectAliasesFromRoomID: rows.close() failed")
 
 	var aliases []string
+	var alias string
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var alias string
 		if err = rows.Scan(&alias); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/postgres/rooms_table.go b/roomserver/storage/postgres/rooms_table.go
index b2685084d..24362af74 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/postgres/rooms_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/postgres/rooms_table.go
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ type roomStatements struct {
 	bulkSelectRoomNIDsStmt             *sql.Stmt
 }
 
-func createRoomsTable(db *sql.DB) error {
+func CreateRoomsTable(db *sql.DB) error {
 	_, err := db.Exec(roomsSchema)
 	return err
 }
 
-func prepareRoomsTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.Rooms, error) {
+func PrepareRoomsTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.Rooms, error) {
 	s := &roomStatements{}
 
 	return s, sqlutil.StatementList{
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func prepareRoomsTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.Rooms, error) {
 	}.Prepare(db)
 }
 
-func (s *roomStatements) SelectRoomIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) ([]string, error) {
+func (s *roomStatements) SelectRoomIDsWithEvents(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) ([]string, error) {
 	stmt := sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.selectRoomIDsStmt)
 	rows, err := stmt.QueryContext(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ func (s *roomStatements) SelectRoomIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) ([]stri
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "selectRoomIDsStmt: rows.close() failed")
 	var roomIDs []string
+	var roomID string
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var roomID string
 		if err = rows.Scan(&roomID); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ func (s *roomStatements) SelectRoomVersionsForRoomNIDs(
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "selectRoomVersionsForRoomNIDsStmt: rows.close() failed")
 	result := make(map[types.RoomNID]gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion)
+	var roomNID types.RoomNID
+	var roomVersion gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var roomNID types.RoomNID
-		var roomVersion gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion
 		if err = rows.Scan(&roomNID, &roomVersion); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ func (s *roomStatements) BulkSelectRoomIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, roo
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "bulkSelectRoomIDsStmt: rows.close() failed")
 	var roomIDs []string
+	var roomID string
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var roomID string
 		if err = rows.Scan(&roomID); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ func (s *roomStatements) BulkSelectRoomNIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, ro
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "bulkSelectRoomNIDsStmt: rows.close() failed")
 	var roomNIDs []types.RoomNID
+	var roomNID types.RoomNID
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var roomNID types.RoomNID
 		if err = rows.Scan(&roomNID); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_block_table.go b/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_block_table.go
index 6f8f9e1b5..5af48f031 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_block_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_block_table.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal"
@@ -71,12 +70,12 @@ type stateBlockStatements struct {
 	bulkSelectStateBlockEntriesStmt *sql.Stmt
 }
 
-func createStateBlockTable(db *sql.DB) error {
+func CreateStateBlockTable(db *sql.DB) error {
 	_, err := db.Exec(stateDataSchema)
 	return err
 }
 
-func prepareStateBlockTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.StateBlock, error) {
+func PrepareStateBlockTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.StateBlock, error) {
 	s := &stateBlockStatements{}
 
 	return s, sqlutil.StatementList{
@@ -90,9 +89,9 @@ func (s *stateBlockStatements) BulkInsertStateData(
 	entries types.StateEntries,
 ) (id types.StateBlockNID, err error) {
 	entries = entries[:util.SortAndUnique(entries)]
-	var nids types.EventNIDs
-	for _, e := range entries {
-		nids = append(nids, e.EventNID)
+	nids := make(types.EventNIDs, entries.Len())
+	for i := range entries {
+		nids[i] = entries[i].EventNID
 	}
 	stmt := sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.insertStateDataStmt)
 	err = stmt.QueryRowContext(
@@ -113,15 +112,15 @@ func (s *stateBlockStatements) BulkSelectStateBlockEntries(
 
 	results := make([][]types.EventNID, len(stateBlockNIDs))
 	i := 0
+	var stateBlockNID types.StateBlockNID
+	var result pq.Int64Array
 	for ; rows.Next(); i++ {
-		var stateBlockNID types.StateBlockNID
-		var result pq.Int64Array
 		if err = rows.Scan(&stateBlockNID, &result); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		r := []types.EventNID{}
-		for _, e := range result {
-			r = append(r, types.EventNID(e))
+		r := make([]types.EventNID, len(result))
+		for x := range result {
+			r[x] = types.EventNID(result[x])
 		}
 		results[i] = r
 	}
@@ -141,35 +140,3 @@ func stateBlockNIDsAsArray(stateBlockNIDs []types.StateBlockNID) pq.Int64Array {
 	}
 	return pq.Int64Array(nids)
 }
-
-type stateKeyTupleSorter []types.StateKeyTuple
-
-func (s stateKeyTupleSorter) Len() int           { return len(s) }
-func (s stateKeyTupleSorter) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i].LessThan(s[j]) }
-func (s stateKeyTupleSorter) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
-
-// Check whether a tuple is in the list. Assumes that the list is sorted.
-func (s stateKeyTupleSorter) contains(value types.StateKeyTuple) bool {
-	i := sort.Search(len(s), func(i int) bool { return !s[i].LessThan(value) })
-	return i < len(s) && s[i] == value
-}
-
-// List the unique eventTypeNIDs and eventStateKeyNIDs.
-// Assumes that the list is sorted.
-func (s stateKeyTupleSorter) typesAndStateKeysAsArrays() (eventTypeNIDs pq.Int64Array, eventStateKeyNIDs pq.Int64Array) {
-	eventTypeNIDs = make(pq.Int64Array, len(s))
-	eventStateKeyNIDs = make(pq.Int64Array, len(s))
-	for i := range s {
-		eventTypeNIDs[i] = int64(s[i].EventTypeNID)
-		eventStateKeyNIDs[i] = int64(s[i].EventStateKeyNID)
-	}
-	eventTypeNIDs = eventTypeNIDs[:util.SortAndUnique(int64Sorter(eventTypeNIDs))]
-	eventStateKeyNIDs = eventStateKeyNIDs[:util.SortAndUnique(int64Sorter(eventStateKeyNIDs))]
-	return
-}
-
-type int64Sorter []int64
-
-func (s int64Sorter) Len() int           { return len(s) }
-func (s int64Sorter) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i] < s[j] }
-func (s int64Sorter) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_block_table_test.go b/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_block_table_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a0e2ec952..000000000
--- a/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_block_table_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 New Vector Ltd
-// Copyright 2019-2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package postgres
-
-import (
-	"sort"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/types"
-)
-
-func TestStateKeyTupleSorter(t *testing.T) {
-	input := stateKeyTupleSorter{
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 4},
-		{EventTypeNID: 2, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
-	}
-	want := []types.StateKeyTuple{
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 4},
-		{EventTypeNID: 2, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
-	}
-	doNotWant := []types.StateKeyTuple{
-		{EventTypeNID: 0, EventStateKeyNID: 0},
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 3},
-		{EventTypeNID: 2, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
-		{EventTypeNID: 3, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
-	}
-	wantTypeNIDs := []int64{1, 2}
-	wantStateKeyNIDs := []int64{1, 2, 4}
-
-	// Sort the input and check it's in the right order.
-	sort.Sort(input)
-	gotTypeNIDs, gotStateKeyNIDs := input.typesAndStateKeysAsArrays()
-
-	for i := range want {
-		if input[i] != want[i] {
-			t.Errorf("Wanted %#v at index %d got %#v", want[i], i, input[i])
-		}
-
-		if !input.contains(want[i]) {
-			t.Errorf("Wanted %#v.contains(%#v) to be true but got false", input, want[i])
-		}
-	}
-
-	for i := range doNotWant {
-		if input.contains(doNotWant[i]) {
-			t.Errorf("Wanted %#v.contains(%#v) to be false but got true", input, doNotWant[i])
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(wantTypeNIDs) != len(gotTypeNIDs) {
-		t.Fatalf("Wanted type NIDs %#v got %#v", wantTypeNIDs, gotTypeNIDs)
-	}
-
-	for i := range wantTypeNIDs {
-		if wantTypeNIDs[i] != gotTypeNIDs[i] {
-			t.Fatalf("Wanted type NIDs %#v got %#v", wantTypeNIDs, gotTypeNIDs)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(wantStateKeyNIDs) != len(gotStateKeyNIDs) {
-		t.Fatalf("Wanted state key NIDs %#v got %#v", wantStateKeyNIDs, gotStateKeyNIDs)
-	}
-
-	for i := range wantStateKeyNIDs {
-		if wantStateKeyNIDs[i] != gotStateKeyNIDs[i] {
-			t.Fatalf("Wanted type NIDs %#v got %#v", wantTypeNIDs, gotTypeNIDs)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_snapshot_table.go b/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_snapshot_table.go
index 8ed886030..a24b7f3f0 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_snapshot_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/postgres/state_snapshot_table.go
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ type stateSnapshotStatements struct {
 	bulkSelectStateBlockNIDsStmt *sql.Stmt
 }
 
-func createStateSnapshotTable(db *sql.DB) error {
+func CreateStateSnapshotTable(db *sql.DB) error {
 	_, err := db.Exec(stateSnapshotSchema)
 	return err
 }
 
-func prepareStateSnapshotTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.StateSnapshot, error) {
+func PrepareStateSnapshotTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.StateSnapshot, error) {
 	s := &stateSnapshotStatements{}
 
 	return s, sqlutil.StatementList{
@@ -95,12 +95,10 @@ func (s *stateSnapshotStatements) InsertState(
 	ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, roomNID types.RoomNID, nids types.StateBlockNIDs,
 ) (stateNID types.StateSnapshotNID, err error) {
 	nids = nids[:util.SortAndUnique(nids)]
-	var id int64
-	err = sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.insertStateStmt).QueryRowContext(ctx, nids.Hash(), int64(roomNID), stateBlockNIDsAsArray(nids)).Scan(&id)
+	err = sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.insertStateStmt).QueryRowContext(ctx, nids.Hash(), int64(roomNID), stateBlockNIDsAsArray(nids)).Scan(&stateNID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	stateNID = types.StateSnapshotNID(id)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -119,9 +117,9 @@ func (s *stateSnapshotStatements) BulkSelectStateBlockNIDs(
 	defer rows.Close() // nolint: errcheck
 	results := make([]types.StateBlockNIDList, len(stateNIDs))
 	i := 0
+	var stateBlockNIDs pq.Int64Array
 	for ; rows.Next(); i++ {
 		result := &results[i]
-		var stateBlockNIDs pq.Int64Array
 		if err = rows.Scan(&result.StateSnapshotNID, &stateBlockNIDs); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/postgres/storage.go b/roomserver/storage/postgres/storage.go
index 88df72009..70ea4d8ba 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/postgres/storage.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/postgres/storage.go
@@ -80,19 +80,19 @@ func (d *Database) create(db *sql.DB) error {
 	if err := CreateEventsTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := createRoomsTable(db); err != nil {
+	if err := CreateRoomsTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := createStateBlockTable(db); err != nil {
+	if err := CreateStateBlockTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := createStateSnapshotTable(db); err != nil {
+	if err := CreateStateSnapshotTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := CreatePrevEventsTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := createRoomAliasesTable(db); err != nil {
+	if err := CreateRoomAliasesTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := CreateInvitesTable(db); err != nil {
@@ -128,15 +128,15 @@ func (d *Database) prepare(db *sql.DB, writer sqlutil.Writer, cache caching.Room
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	rooms, err := prepareRoomsTable(db)
+	rooms, err := PrepareRoomsTable(db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	stateBlock, err := prepareStateBlockTable(db)
+	stateBlock, err := PrepareStateBlockTable(db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	stateSnapshot, err := prepareStateSnapshotTable(db)
+	stateSnapshot, err := PrepareStateSnapshotTable(db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (d *Database) prepare(db *sql.DB, writer sqlutil.Writer, cache caching.Room
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	roomAliases, err := prepareRoomAliasesTable(db)
+	roomAliases, err := PrepareRoomAliasesTable(db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/shared/storage.go b/roomserver/storage/shared/storage.go
index 252e94c7e..cc4a9fff5 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/shared/storage.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/shared/storage.go
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ func (d *Database) GetKnownUsers(ctx context.Context, userID, searchString strin
 
 // GetKnownRooms returns a list of all rooms we know about.
 func (d *Database) GetKnownRooms(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
-	return d.RoomsTable.SelectRoomIDs(ctx, nil)
+	return d.RoomsTable.SelectRoomIDsWithEvents(ctx, nil)
 }
 
 // ForgetRoom sets a users room to forgotten
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/events_table.go b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/events_table.go
index feb06150a..1dda34c36 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/events_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/events_table.go
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ func (s *eventStatements) BulkSelectStateEventByNID(
 	ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, eventNIDs []types.EventNID,
 	stateKeyTuples []types.StateKeyTuple,
 ) ([]types.StateEntry, error) {
-	tuples := stateKeyTupleSorter(stateKeyTuples)
+	tuples := types.StateKeyTupleSorter(stateKeyTuples)
 	sort.Sort(tuples)
-	eventTypeNIDArray, eventStateKeyNIDArray := tuples.typesAndStateKeysAsArrays()
+	eventTypeNIDArray, eventStateKeyNIDArray := tuples.TypesAndStateKeysAsArrays()
 	params := make([]interface{}, 0, len(eventNIDs)+len(eventTypeNIDArray)+len(eventStateKeyNIDArray))
 	selectOrig := strings.Replace(bulkSelectStateEventByNIDSQL, "($1)", sqlutil.QueryVariadic(len(eventNIDs)), 1)
 	for _, v := range eventNIDs {
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/room_aliases_table.go b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/room_aliases_table.go
index 7c7bead95..3bdbbaa35 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/room_aliases_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/room_aliases_table.go
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ type roomAliasesStatements struct {
 	deleteRoomAliasStmt          *sql.Stmt
 }
 
-func createRoomAliasesTable(db *sql.DB) error {
+func CreateRoomAliasesTable(db *sql.DB) error {
 	_, err := db.Exec(roomAliasesSchema)
 	return err
 }
 
-func prepareRoomAliasesTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.RoomAliases, error) {
+func PrepareRoomAliasesTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.RoomAliases, error) {
 	s := &roomAliasesStatements{
 		db: db,
 	}
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ func (s *roomAliasesStatements) SelectAliasesFromRoomID(
 
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "selectAliasesFromRoomID: rows.close() failed")
 
+	var alias string
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var alias string
 		if err = rows.Scan(&alias); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/rooms_table.go b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/rooms_table.go
index cd60c6785..03ad4b3d0 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/rooms_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/rooms_table.go
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ type roomStatements struct {
 	selectRoomIDsStmt  *sql.Stmt
 }
 
-func createRoomsTable(db *sql.DB) error {
+func CreateRoomsTable(db *sql.DB) error {
 	_, err := db.Exec(roomsSchema)
 	return err
 }
 
-func prepareRoomsTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.Rooms, error) {
+func PrepareRoomsTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.Rooms, error) {
 	s := &roomStatements{
 		db: db,
 	}
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func prepareRoomsTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.Rooms, error) {
 	}.Prepare(db)
 }
 
-func (s *roomStatements) SelectRoomIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) ([]string, error) {
+func (s *roomStatements) SelectRoomIDsWithEvents(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) ([]string, error) {
 	stmt := sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.selectRoomIDsStmt)
 	rows, err := stmt.QueryContext(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ func (s *roomStatements) SelectRoomIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) ([]stri
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "selectRoomIDsStmt: rows.close() failed")
 	var roomIDs []string
+	var roomID string
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var roomID string
 		if err = rows.Scan(&roomID); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ func (s *roomStatements) SelectRoomVersionsForRoomNIDs(
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "selectRoomVersionsForRoomNIDsStmt: rows.close() failed")
 	result := make(map[types.RoomNID]gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion)
+	var roomNID types.RoomNID
+	var roomVersion gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var roomNID types.RoomNID
-		var roomVersion gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion
 		if err = rows.Scan(&roomNID, &roomVersion); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ func (s *roomStatements) BulkSelectRoomIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, roo
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "bulkSelectRoomIDsStmt: rows.close() failed")
 	var roomIDs []string
+	var roomID string
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var roomID string
 		if err = rows.Scan(&roomID); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ func (s *roomStatements) BulkSelectRoomNIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, ro
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "bulkSelectRoomNIDsStmt: rows.close() failed")
 	var roomNIDs []types.RoomNID
+	var roomNID types.RoomNID
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var roomNID types.RoomNID
 		if err = rows.Scan(&roomNID); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_block_table.go b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_block_table.go
index 3c829cdcd..4e67d4da1 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_block_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_block_table.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal"
@@ -64,12 +63,12 @@ type stateBlockStatements struct {
 	bulkSelectStateBlockEntriesStmt *sql.Stmt
 }
 
-func createStateBlockTable(db *sql.DB) error {
+func CreateStateBlockTable(db *sql.DB) error {
 	_, err := db.Exec(stateDataSchema)
 	return err
 }
 
-func prepareStateBlockTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.StateBlock, error) {
+func PrepareStateBlockTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.StateBlock, error) {
 	s := &stateBlockStatements{
 		db: db,
 	}
@@ -85,9 +84,9 @@ func (s *stateBlockStatements) BulkInsertStateData(
 	entries types.StateEntries,
 ) (id types.StateBlockNID, err error) {
 	entries = entries[:util.SortAndUnique(entries)]
-	nids := types.EventNIDs{} // zero slice to not store 'null' in the DB
-	for _, e := range entries {
-		nids = append(nids, e.EventNID)
+	nids := make(types.EventNIDs, entries.Len())
+	for i := range entries {
+		nids[i] = entries[i].EventNID
 	}
 	js, err := json.Marshal(nids)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -122,13 +121,13 @@ func (s *stateBlockStatements) BulkSelectStateBlockEntries(
 
 	results := make([][]types.EventNID, len(stateBlockNIDs))
 	i := 0
+	var stateBlockNID types.StateBlockNID
+	var result json.RawMessage
 	for ; rows.Next(); i++ {
-		var stateBlockNID types.StateBlockNID
-		var result json.RawMessage
 		if err = rows.Scan(&stateBlockNID, &result); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		r := []types.EventNID{}
+		var r []types.EventNID
 		if err = json.Unmarshal(result, &r); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("json.Unmarshal: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -142,35 +141,3 @@ func (s *stateBlockStatements) BulkSelectStateBlockEntries(
 	}
 	return results, err
 }
-
-type stateKeyTupleSorter []types.StateKeyTuple
-
-func (s stateKeyTupleSorter) Len() int           { return len(s) }
-func (s stateKeyTupleSorter) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i].LessThan(s[j]) }
-func (s stateKeyTupleSorter) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
-
-// Check whether a tuple is in the list. Assumes that the list is sorted.
-func (s stateKeyTupleSorter) contains(value types.StateKeyTuple) bool {
-	i := sort.Search(len(s), func(i int) bool { return !s[i].LessThan(value) })
-	return i < len(s) && s[i] == value
-}
-
-// List the unique eventTypeNIDs and eventStateKeyNIDs.
-// Assumes that the list is sorted.
-func (s stateKeyTupleSorter) typesAndStateKeysAsArrays() (eventTypeNIDs []int64, eventStateKeyNIDs []int64) {
-	eventTypeNIDs = make([]int64, len(s))
-	eventStateKeyNIDs = make([]int64, len(s))
-	for i := range s {
-		eventTypeNIDs[i] = int64(s[i].EventTypeNID)
-		eventStateKeyNIDs[i] = int64(s[i].EventStateKeyNID)
-	}
-	eventTypeNIDs = eventTypeNIDs[:util.SortAndUnique(int64Sorter(eventTypeNIDs))]
-	eventStateKeyNIDs = eventStateKeyNIDs[:util.SortAndUnique(int64Sorter(eventStateKeyNIDs))]
-	return
-}
-
-type int64Sorter []int64
-
-func (s int64Sorter) Len() int           { return len(s) }
-func (s int64Sorter) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i] < s[j] }
-func (s int64Sorter) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_block_table_test.go b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_block_table_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 98439f5c0..000000000
--- a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_block_table_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 New Vector Ltd
-// Copyright 2019-2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package sqlite3
-
-import (
-	"sort"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/types"
-)
-
-func TestStateKeyTupleSorter(t *testing.T) {
-	input := stateKeyTupleSorter{
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 4},
-		{EventTypeNID: 2, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
-	}
-	want := []types.StateKeyTuple{
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 4},
-		{EventTypeNID: 2, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
-	}
-	doNotWant := []types.StateKeyTuple{
-		{EventTypeNID: 0, EventStateKeyNID: 0},
-		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 3},
-		{EventTypeNID: 2, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
-		{EventTypeNID: 3, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
-	}
-	wantTypeNIDs := []int64{1, 2}
-	wantStateKeyNIDs := []int64{1, 2, 4}
-
-	// Sort the input and check it's in the right order.
-	sort.Sort(input)
-	gotTypeNIDs, gotStateKeyNIDs := input.typesAndStateKeysAsArrays()
-
-	for i := range want {
-		if input[i] != want[i] {
-			t.Errorf("Wanted %#v at index %d got %#v", want[i], i, input[i])
-		}
-
-		if !input.contains(want[i]) {
-			t.Errorf("Wanted %#v.contains(%#v) to be true but got false", input, want[i])
-		}
-	}
-
-	for i := range doNotWant {
-		if input.contains(doNotWant[i]) {
-			t.Errorf("Wanted %#v.contains(%#v) to be false but got true", input, doNotWant[i])
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(wantTypeNIDs) != len(gotTypeNIDs) {
-		t.Fatalf("Wanted type NIDs %#v got %#v", wantTypeNIDs, gotTypeNIDs)
-	}
-
-	for i := range wantTypeNIDs {
-		if wantTypeNIDs[i] != gotTypeNIDs[i] {
-			t.Fatalf("Wanted type NIDs %#v got %#v", wantTypeNIDs, gotTypeNIDs)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(wantStateKeyNIDs) != len(gotStateKeyNIDs) {
-		t.Fatalf("Wanted state key NIDs %#v got %#v", wantStateKeyNIDs, gotStateKeyNIDs)
-	}
-
-	for i := range wantStateKeyNIDs {
-		if wantStateKeyNIDs[i] != gotStateKeyNIDs[i] {
-			t.Fatalf("Wanted type NIDs %#v got %#v", wantTypeNIDs, gotTypeNIDs)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_snapshot_table.go b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_snapshot_table.go
index 1f5e9ee3b..b8136b758 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_snapshot_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/state_snapshot_table.go
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ type stateSnapshotStatements struct {
 	bulkSelectStateBlockNIDsStmt *sql.Stmt
 }
 
-func createStateSnapshotTable(db *sql.DB) error {
+func CreateStateSnapshotTable(db *sql.DB) error {
 	_, err := db.Exec(stateSnapshotSchema)
 	return err
 }
 
-func prepareStateSnapshotTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.StateSnapshot, error) {
+func PrepareStateSnapshotTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.StateSnapshot, error) {
 	s := &stateSnapshotStatements{
 		db: db,
 	}
@@ -96,12 +96,10 @@ func (s *stateSnapshotStatements) InsertState(
 		return
 	}
 	insertStmt := sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.insertStateStmt)
-	var id int64
-	err = insertStmt.QueryRowContext(ctx, stateBlockNIDs.Hash(), int64(roomNID), string(stateBlockNIDsJSON)).Scan(&id)
+	err = insertStmt.QueryRowContext(ctx, stateBlockNIDs.Hash(), int64(roomNID), string(stateBlockNIDsJSON)).Scan(&stateNID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	stateNID = types.StateSnapshotNID(id)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -127,9 +125,9 @@ func (s *stateSnapshotStatements) BulkSelectStateBlockNIDs(
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "bulkSelectStateBlockNIDs: rows.close() failed")
 	results := make([]types.StateBlockNIDList, len(stateNIDs))
 	i := 0
+	var stateBlockNIDsJSON string
 	for ; rows.Next(); i++ {
 		result := &results[i]
-		var stateBlockNIDsJSON string
 		if err := rows.Scan(&result.StateSnapshotNID, &stateBlockNIDsJSON); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/storage.go b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/storage.go
index a4e32d528..8325fdad5 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/storage.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/storage.go
@@ -89,19 +89,19 @@ func (d *Database) create(db *sql.DB) error {
 	if err := CreateEventsTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := createRoomsTable(db); err != nil {
+	if err := CreateRoomsTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := createStateBlockTable(db); err != nil {
+	if err := CreateStateBlockTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := createStateSnapshotTable(db); err != nil {
+	if err := CreateStateSnapshotTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := CreatePrevEventsTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := createRoomAliasesTable(db); err != nil {
+	if err := CreateRoomAliasesTable(db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := CreateInvitesTable(db); err != nil {
@@ -137,15 +137,15 @@ func (d *Database) prepare(db *sql.DB, writer sqlutil.Writer, cache caching.Room
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	rooms, err := prepareRoomsTable(db)
+	rooms, err := PrepareRoomsTable(db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	stateBlock, err := prepareStateBlockTable(db)
+	stateBlock, err := PrepareStateBlockTable(db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	stateSnapshot, err := prepareStateSnapshotTable(db)
+	stateSnapshot, err := PrepareStateSnapshotTable(db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (d *Database) prepare(db *sql.DB, writer sqlutil.Writer, cache caching.Room
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	roomAliases, err := prepareRoomAliasesTable(db)
+	roomAliases, err := PrepareRoomAliasesTable(db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/tables/interface.go b/roomserver/storage/tables/interface.go
index 95609787a..116e11c4e 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/tables/interface.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/tables/interface.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ type Rooms interface {
 	UpdateLatestEventNIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, roomNID types.RoomNID, eventNIDs []types.EventNID, lastEventSentNID types.EventNID, stateSnapshotNID types.StateSnapshotNID) error
 	SelectRoomVersionsForRoomNIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, roomNID []types.RoomNID) (map[types.RoomNID]gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion, error)
 	SelectRoomInfo(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, roomID string) (*types.RoomInfo, error)
-	SelectRoomIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) ([]string, error)
+	SelectRoomIDsWithEvents(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) ([]string, error)
 	BulkSelectRoomIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, roomNIDs []types.RoomNID) ([]string, error)
 	BulkSelectRoomNIDs(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, roomIDs []string) ([]types.RoomNID, error)
 }
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/tables/room_aliases_table_test.go b/roomserver/storage/tables/room_aliases_table_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fb57d5a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roomserver/storage/tables/room_aliases_table_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package tables_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal/sqlutil"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/postgres"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/sqlite3"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/tables"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup/config"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/test"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func mustCreateRoomAliasesTable(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) (tab tables.RoomAliases, close func()) {
+	t.Helper()
+	connStr, close := test.PrepareDBConnectionString(t, dbType)
+	db, err := sqlutil.Open(&config.DatabaseOptions{
+		ConnectionString: config.DataSource(connStr),
+	}, sqlutil.NewExclusiveWriter())
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	switch dbType {
+	case test.DBTypePostgres:
+		err = postgres.CreateRoomAliasesTable(db)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tab, err = postgres.PrepareRoomAliasesTable(db)
+	case test.DBTypeSQLite:
+		err = sqlite3.CreateRoomAliasesTable(db)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tab, err = sqlite3.PrepareRoomAliasesTable(db)
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	return tab, close
+}
+
+func TestRoomAliasesTable(t *testing.T) {
+	alice := test.NewUser()
+	room := test.NewRoom(t, alice)
+	room2 := test.NewRoom(t, alice)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	test.WithAllDatabases(t, func(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) {
+		tab, close := mustCreateRoomAliasesTable(t, dbType)
+		defer close()
+		alias, alias2, alias3 := "#alias:localhost", "#alias2:localhost", "#alias3:localhost"
+		// insert aliases
+		err := tab.InsertRoomAlias(ctx, nil, alias, room.ID, alice.ID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		err = tab.InsertRoomAlias(ctx, nil, alias2, room.ID, alice.ID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		err = tab.InsertRoomAlias(ctx, nil, alias3, room2.ID, alice.ID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// verify we can get the roomID for the alias
+		roomID, err := tab.SelectRoomIDFromAlias(ctx, nil, alias)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, room.ID, roomID)
+
+		// .. and the creator
+		creator, err := tab.SelectCreatorIDFromAlias(ctx, nil, alias)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, alice.ID, creator)
+
+		creator, err = tab.SelectCreatorIDFromAlias(ctx, nil, "#doesntexist:localhost")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "", creator)
+
+		roomID, err = tab.SelectRoomIDFromAlias(ctx, nil, "#doesntexist:localhost")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "", roomID)
+
+		// get all aliases for a room
+		aliases, err := tab.SelectAliasesFromRoomID(ctx, nil, room.ID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{alias, alias2}, aliases)
+
+		// delete an alias and verify it's deleted
+		err = tab.DeleteRoomAlias(ctx, nil, alias2)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		aliases, err = tab.SelectAliasesFromRoomID(ctx, nil, room.ID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{alias}, aliases)
+
+		// deleting the same alias should be a no-op
+		err = tab.DeleteRoomAlias(ctx, nil, alias2)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Delete non-existent alias should be a no-op
+		err = tab.DeleteRoomAlias(ctx, nil, "#doesntexist:localhost")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/tables/rooms_table_test.go b/roomserver/storage/tables/rooms_table_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9872fb800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roomserver/storage/tables/rooms_table_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package tables_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal/sqlutil"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/postgres"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/sqlite3"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/tables"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/types"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup/config"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/test"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/util"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func mustCreateRoomsTable(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) (tab tables.Rooms, close func()) {
+	t.Helper()
+	connStr, close := test.PrepareDBConnectionString(t, dbType)
+	db, err := sqlutil.Open(&config.DatabaseOptions{
+		ConnectionString: config.DataSource(connStr),
+	}, sqlutil.NewExclusiveWriter())
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	switch dbType {
+	case test.DBTypePostgres:
+		err = postgres.CreateRoomsTable(db)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tab, err = postgres.PrepareRoomsTable(db)
+	case test.DBTypeSQLite:
+		err = sqlite3.CreateRoomsTable(db)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tab, err = sqlite3.PrepareRoomsTable(db)
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	return tab, close
+}
+
+func TestRoomsTable(t *testing.T) {
+	alice := test.NewUser()
+	room := test.NewRoom(t, alice)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	test.WithAllDatabases(t, func(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) {
+		tab, close := mustCreateRoomsTable(t, dbType)
+		defer close()
+
+		wantRoomNID, err := tab.InsertRoomNID(ctx, nil, room.ID, room.Version)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Create dummy room
+		_, err = tab.InsertRoomNID(ctx, nil, util.RandomString(16), room.Version)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		gotRoomNID, err := tab.SelectRoomNID(ctx, nil, room.ID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, wantRoomNID, gotRoomNID)
+
+		// Ensure non existent roomNID errors
+		roomNID, err := tab.SelectRoomNID(ctx, nil, "!doesnotexist:localhost")
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, types.RoomNID(0), roomNID)
+
+		roomInfo, err := tab.SelectRoomInfo(ctx, nil, room.ID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, &types.RoomInfo{
+			RoomNID:          wantRoomNID,
+			RoomVersion:      room.Version,
+			StateSnapshotNID: 0,
+			IsStub:           true, // there are no latestEventNIDs
+		}, roomInfo)
+
+		roomInfo, err = tab.SelectRoomInfo(ctx, nil, "!doesnotexist:localhost")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Nil(t, roomInfo)
+
+		// There are no rooms with latestEventNIDs yet
+		roomIDs, err := tab.SelectRoomIDsWithEvents(ctx, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, len(roomIDs))
+
+		roomVersions, err := tab.SelectRoomVersionsForRoomNIDs(ctx, nil, []types.RoomNID{wantRoomNID, 1337})
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, roomVersions[wantRoomNID], room.Version)
+		// Room does not exist
+		_, ok := roomVersions[1337]
+		assert.False(t, ok)
+
+		roomIDs, err = tab.BulkSelectRoomIDs(ctx, nil, []types.RoomNID{wantRoomNID, 1337})
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{room.ID}, roomIDs)
+
+		roomNIDs, err := tab.BulkSelectRoomNIDs(ctx, nil, []string{room.ID, "!doesnotexist:localhost"})
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, []types.RoomNID{wantRoomNID}, roomNIDs)
+
+		wantEventNIDs := []types.EventNID{1, 2, 3}
+		lastEventSentNID := types.EventNID(3)
+		stateSnapshotNID := types.StateSnapshotNID(1)
+		// make the room "usable"
+		err = tab.UpdateLatestEventNIDs(ctx, nil, wantRoomNID, wantEventNIDs, lastEventSentNID, stateSnapshotNID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		roomInfo, err = tab.SelectRoomInfo(ctx, nil, room.ID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, &types.RoomInfo{
+			RoomNID:          wantRoomNID,
+			RoomVersion:      room.Version,
+			StateSnapshotNID: 1,
+			IsStub:           false,
+		}, roomInfo)
+
+		eventNIDs, snapshotNID, err := tab.SelectLatestEventNIDs(ctx, nil, wantRoomNID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, wantEventNIDs, eventNIDs)
+		assert.Equal(t, types.StateSnapshotNID(1), snapshotNID)
+
+		// Again, doesn't exist
+		_, _, err = tab.SelectLatestEventNIDs(ctx, nil, 1337)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+
+		eventNIDs, eventNID, snapshotNID, err := tab.SelectLatestEventsNIDsForUpdate(ctx, nil, wantRoomNID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, wantEventNIDs, eventNIDs)
+		assert.Equal(t, types.EventNID(3), eventNID)
+		assert.Equal(t, types.StateSnapshotNID(1), snapshotNID)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/tables/state_block_table_test.go b/roomserver/storage/tables/state_block_table_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de0b420bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roomserver/storage/tables/state_block_table_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package tables_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal/sqlutil"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/postgres"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/sqlite3"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/tables"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/types"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup/config"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/test"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func mustCreateStateBlockTable(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) (tab tables.StateBlock, close func()) {
+	t.Helper()
+	connStr, close := test.PrepareDBConnectionString(t, dbType)
+	db, err := sqlutil.Open(&config.DatabaseOptions{
+		ConnectionString: config.DataSource(connStr),
+	}, sqlutil.NewExclusiveWriter())
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	switch dbType {
+	case test.DBTypePostgres:
+		err = postgres.CreateStateBlockTable(db)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tab, err = postgres.PrepareStateBlockTable(db)
+	case test.DBTypeSQLite:
+		err = sqlite3.CreateStateBlockTable(db)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tab, err = sqlite3.PrepareStateBlockTable(db)
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	return tab, close
+}
+
+func TestStateBlockTable(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	test.WithAllDatabases(t, func(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) {
+		tab, close := mustCreateStateBlockTable(t, dbType)
+		defer close()
+
+		// generate some dummy data
+		var entries types.StateEntries
+		for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+			entry := types.StateEntry{
+				EventNID: types.EventNID(i),
+			}
+			entries = append(entries, entry)
+		}
+		stateBlockNID, err := tab.BulkInsertStateData(ctx, nil, entries)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, types.StateBlockNID(1), stateBlockNID)
+
+		// generate a different hash, to get a new StateBlockNID
+		var entries2 types.StateEntries
+		for i := 100; i < 300; i++ {
+			entry := types.StateEntry{
+				EventNID: types.EventNID(i),
+			}
+			entries2 = append(entries2, entry)
+		}
+		stateBlockNID, err = tab.BulkInsertStateData(ctx, nil, entries2)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, types.StateBlockNID(2), stateBlockNID)
+
+		eventNIDs, err := tab.BulkSelectStateBlockEntries(ctx, nil, types.StateBlockNIDs{1, 2})
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, len(entries), len(eventNIDs[0]))
+		assert.Equal(t, len(entries2), len(eventNIDs[1]))
+
+		// try to get a StateBlockNID which does not exist
+		_, err = tab.BulkSelectStateBlockEntries(ctx, nil, types.StateBlockNIDs{5})
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+
+		// This should return an error, since we can only retrieve 1 StateBlock
+		_, err = tab.BulkSelectStateBlockEntries(ctx, nil, types.StateBlockNIDs{1, 5})
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+
+		for i := 0; i < 65555; i++ {
+			entry := types.StateEntry{
+				EventNID: types.EventNID(i),
+			}
+			entries2 = append(entries2, entry)
+		}
+		stateBlockNID, err = tab.BulkInsertStateData(ctx, nil, entries2)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, types.StateBlockNID(3), stateBlockNID)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/tables/state_snapshot_table_test.go b/roomserver/storage/tables/state_snapshot_table_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcdb5d8f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roomserver/storage/tables/state_snapshot_table_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package tables_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal/sqlutil"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/postgres"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/sqlite3"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage/tables"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/types"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup/config"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/test"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func mustCreateStateSnapshotTable(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) (tab tables.StateSnapshot, close func()) {
+	t.Helper()
+	connStr, close := test.PrepareDBConnectionString(t, dbType)
+	db, err := sqlutil.Open(&config.DatabaseOptions{
+		ConnectionString: config.DataSource(connStr),
+	}, sqlutil.NewExclusiveWriter())
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	switch dbType {
+	case test.DBTypePostgres:
+		err = postgres.CreateStateSnapshotTable(db)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tab, err = postgres.PrepareStateSnapshotTable(db)
+	case test.DBTypeSQLite:
+		err = sqlite3.CreateStateSnapshotTable(db)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tab, err = sqlite3.PrepareStateSnapshotTable(db)
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	return tab, close
+}
+
+func TestStateSnapshotTable(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	test.WithAllDatabases(t, func(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) {
+		tab, close := mustCreateStateSnapshotTable(t, dbType)
+		defer close()
+
+		// generate some dummy data
+		var stateBlockNIDs types.StateBlockNIDs
+		for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+			stateBlockNIDs = append(stateBlockNIDs, types.StateBlockNID(i))
+		}
+		stateNID, err := tab.InsertState(ctx, nil, 1, stateBlockNIDs)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, types.StateSnapshotNID(1), stateNID)
+
+		// verify ON CONFLICT; Note: this updates the sequence!
+		stateNID, err = tab.InsertState(ctx, nil, 1, stateBlockNIDs)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, types.StateSnapshotNID(1), stateNID)
+
+		// create a second snapshot
+		var stateBlockNIDs2 types.StateBlockNIDs
+		for i := 100; i < 150; i++ {
+			stateBlockNIDs2 = append(stateBlockNIDs2, types.StateBlockNID(i))
+		}
+
+		stateNID, err = tab.InsertState(ctx, nil, 1, stateBlockNIDs2)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		// StateSnapshotNID is now 3, since the DO UPDATE SET statement incremented the sequence
+		assert.Equal(t, types.StateSnapshotNID(3), stateNID)
+
+		nidLists, err := tab.BulkSelectStateBlockNIDs(ctx, nil, []types.StateSnapshotNID{1, 3})
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, stateBlockNIDs, types.StateBlockNIDs(nidLists[0].StateBlockNIDs))
+		assert.Equal(t, stateBlockNIDs2, types.StateBlockNIDs(nidLists[1].StateBlockNIDs))
+
+		// check we get an error if the state snapshot does not exist
+		_, err = tab.BulkSelectStateBlockNIDs(ctx, nil, []types.StateSnapshotNID{2})
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+
+		// create a second snapshot
+		for i := 0; i < 65555; i++ {
+			stateBlockNIDs2 = append(stateBlockNIDs2, types.StateBlockNID(i))
+		}
+		_, err = tab.InsertState(ctx, nil, 1, stateBlockNIDs2)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/roomserver/types/types.go b/roomserver/types/types.go
index ce4e5fd1e..62695aaee 100644
--- a/roomserver/types/types.go
+++ b/roomserver/types/types.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/util"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/blake2b"
 )
 
@@ -97,6 +98,38 @@ func (a StateKeyTuple) LessThan(b StateKeyTuple) bool {
 	return a.EventStateKeyNID < b.EventStateKeyNID
 }
 
+type StateKeyTupleSorter []StateKeyTuple
+
+func (s StateKeyTupleSorter) Len() int           { return len(s) }
+func (s StateKeyTupleSorter) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i].LessThan(s[j]) }
+func (s StateKeyTupleSorter) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
+
+// Check whether a tuple is in the list. Assumes that the list is sorted.
+func (s StateKeyTupleSorter) contains(value StateKeyTuple) bool {
+	i := sort.Search(len(s), func(i int) bool { return !s[i].LessThan(value) })
+	return i < len(s) && s[i] == value
+}
+
+// List the unique eventTypeNIDs and eventStateKeyNIDs.
+// Assumes that the list is sorted.
+func (s StateKeyTupleSorter) TypesAndStateKeysAsArrays() (eventTypeNIDs []int64, eventStateKeyNIDs []int64) {
+	eventTypeNIDs = make([]int64, len(s))
+	eventStateKeyNIDs = make([]int64, len(s))
+	for i := range s {
+		eventTypeNIDs[i] = int64(s[i].EventTypeNID)
+		eventStateKeyNIDs[i] = int64(s[i].EventStateKeyNID)
+	}
+	eventTypeNIDs = eventTypeNIDs[:util.SortAndUnique(int64Sorter(eventTypeNIDs))]
+	eventStateKeyNIDs = eventStateKeyNIDs[:util.SortAndUnique(int64Sorter(eventStateKeyNIDs))]
+	return
+}
+
+type int64Sorter []int64
+
+func (s int64Sorter) Len() int           { return len(s) }
+func (s int64Sorter) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i] < s[j] }
+func (s int64Sorter) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
+
 // A StateEntry is an entry in the room state of a matrix room.
 type StateEntry struct {
 	StateKeyTuple
diff --git a/roomserver/types/types_test.go b/roomserver/types/types_test.go
index b1e84b821..a26b80f74 100644
--- a/roomserver/types/types_test.go
+++ b/roomserver/types/types_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package types
 
 import (
+	"sort"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -24,3 +25,66 @@ func TestDeduplicateStateEntries(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStateKeyTupleSorter(t *testing.T) {
+	input := StateKeyTupleSorter{
+		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
+		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 4},
+		{EventTypeNID: 2, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
+		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
+	}
+	want := []StateKeyTuple{
+		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
+		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
+		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 4},
+		{EventTypeNID: 2, EventStateKeyNID: 2},
+	}
+	doNotWant := []StateKeyTuple{
+		{EventTypeNID: 0, EventStateKeyNID: 0},
+		{EventTypeNID: 1, EventStateKeyNID: 3},
+		{EventTypeNID: 2, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
+		{EventTypeNID: 3, EventStateKeyNID: 1},
+	}
+	wantTypeNIDs := []int64{1, 2}
+	wantStateKeyNIDs := []int64{1, 2, 4}
+
+	// Sort the input and check it's in the right order.
+	sort.Sort(input)
+	gotTypeNIDs, gotStateKeyNIDs := input.TypesAndStateKeysAsArrays()
+
+	for i := range want {
+		if input[i] != want[i] {
+			t.Errorf("Wanted %#v at index %d got %#v", want[i], i, input[i])
+		}
+
+		if !input.contains(want[i]) {
+			t.Errorf("Wanted %#v.contains(%#v) to be true but got false", input, want[i])
+		}
+	}
+
+	for i := range doNotWant {
+		if input.contains(doNotWant[i]) {
+			t.Errorf("Wanted %#v.contains(%#v) to be false but got true", input, doNotWant[i])
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(wantTypeNIDs) != len(gotTypeNIDs) {
+		t.Fatalf("Wanted type NIDs %#v got %#v", wantTypeNIDs, gotTypeNIDs)
+	}
+
+	for i := range wantTypeNIDs {
+		if wantTypeNIDs[i] != gotTypeNIDs[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("Wanted type NIDs %#v got %#v", wantTypeNIDs, gotTypeNIDs)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(wantStateKeyNIDs) != len(gotStateKeyNIDs) {
+		t.Fatalf("Wanted state key NIDs %#v got %#v", wantStateKeyNIDs, gotStateKeyNIDs)
+	}
+
+	for i := range wantStateKeyNIDs {
+		if wantStateKeyNIDs[i] != gotStateKeyNIDs[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("Wanted type NIDs %#v got %#v", wantTypeNIDs, gotTypeNIDs)
+		}
+	}
+}