Catalog of PostgreSQL queries for finding information about a PostgreSQL database and its design problems

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There are 112 queries.

Seq nrNameGoalTypeData sourceLast updateLicense...
1All event triggersFind event triggers, which are not associated to a specific schema object.Generalsystem catalog base tables only2020-12-24 14:54MIT License
2A routine is invoked only onceFind user-defined routines that are invoked by exactly one user-defined routine.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2023-12-10 17:11MIT License
3CHECKs are associated with a column instead of the domain of the columnFind simple check constraints (involve one column) that are associated with a base table column instead of the domain of the column. Common checks of data in columns that share the same domain should be described at the level of domain not at the level of columns.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:29MIT License
4Columns with exact/floating numeric types have textual default valuesThe default value of a column should belong to the type of the column. The system shouldn't conduct unnecessary type casts.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2021-02-25 17:29MIT License
5Columns with only one valueFind base table columns that contain only one value. Perhaps it is an unnecessary column. Having only one value is most likely inadequate for testing.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:29MIT License
6Comments of derived tablesFind comments of derived tables (views and materialized views) that are registered in the system catalog witht a COMMENT statement. Find also comments on their associated objects (columns, triggers, rules). Make sure that the comments give relevant, useful, and correct information.Generalsystem catalog base tables only2023-01-19 12:14MIT License
7Comments of non-derived tablesFind comments of non-derived tables (base tables, foreign tables, and partitioned tables) that are registered in the system catalog witht a COMMENT statement. Find also comments on their associated objects (columns, constraints, indexes, triggers, rules). Make sure that the comments give relevant, useful, and correct information.Generalsystem catalog base tables only2023-01-19 12:30MIT License
8Comments of routinesFind comments of user-defined routines (functions or procedures) that are registered in the system catalog witht a COMMENT statement. Make sure that the comments give relevant, useful, and correct information.GeneralINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2020-11-06 14:51MIT License
9Comments of schemas, sequences, types, domains, domain constraints, and event triggersFind all the comments that have been added with a COMMENT statement to schemas, sequences, types, domains, and event triggers.Generalsystem catalog base tables only2023-01-19 15:04MIT License
10Consistency of comments of routinesFind user-defined routines that have a comment registered by the COMMENT statement and a comment within the routine body. Make sure that there are no inconsistencies between the comments.GeneralINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-11-04 10:56MIT License
11Constraints with the same name within the same schema and constraint typeFind names of foreign key constraints that are used within the same schema more than once. Find names of check constraints that are used within the same schema more than once. Find names of constraint triggers that are used within the same schema more than once. Different things should have different names. But here different constraints have the same name. Also make sure that this is not a sign of duplication.Problem detectionsystem catalog base tables only2022-11-15 16:43MIT License
12Default should be declared at the level of domain not at the level of base table columnsFind domains that have been used to define one or more base table non-foreign key columns and all the columns have the same default value that is associated directly with the column not with the domain. Write as little code as possible. If possible, move things "before the brackets" so to say. In this case it means declaring the default value at the level of the domain and not at the level of base table columns. An exception is when the domain is used to define foreign key columns. In this case, it would be appropriate to define the default value at the column level (because different foreign keys could have different default values).Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:30MIT License
13Delimited identifiersDelimited identifiers (quoted identifiers) are case sensitive. Identifiers of database objects should be case insensitive in order to simplify their management.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2023-03-18 16:38MIT License
14Derived table on top of another derived tableDo not build multiple levels of derived tables (views and materialized views) because it will hamper evolvability and understandability of the tables.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:29MIT License
15Domain based on another domainFind domains that have been defined based on another domain. Do not specify domains based on existing domains. This would unnecessarily increase dependencies and complexity.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:29MIT License
16Domain candidatesFind column descriptions that are candidates for describing a domain.GeneralINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2020-11-06 14:51MIT License
17Domain declares the same default value for multiple independent foreign keysFind domains that declare a default value and that are used in case of multiple foreign key constraints that point to different tables. Domains should be used in a manner that does not cause unnecessary coupling of concerns. For instance, let us assume that columns client_state_type_code of table Client (that is used to implement the relationship with table Client_state_type) and worker_state_type_code of table Worker (that is used to implement the relationship with table Worker_state_type) have been defined based on the same domain. It the domain has a default value, then it determines the initial state of both clients and workers. However, it must be possible to determine the initial state independently in case of clients and workers.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:29MIT License
18Domains with the same name in different schemasDomains are like words that can be used to construct generalized claims about the real world (table predicates). Better not to duplicate the words in the dictionary.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2021-02-25 17:30MIT License
19Domain usage in base tablesFind for each domain the number of usages in base tables. The less you have managed to reuse domains in case of different columns, the more you have wasted your time by creating the domains.GeneralINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2020-11-06 14:51MIT License
20Do not create multiple columns for the same attributeFind base tables that implement recording multivalued attribute values with the help of repeating group of columns. Find base tables that have more than one columns with the same type and field size and the difference between the columns are the numbers in the column names (column1, column2, etc.).Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2021-03-18 15:57MIT License