| Seq nr | Name▲ | Goal | Type | Data source | Last update | License | ... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Address field size is incorrect (too short or too long) | Find base table columns that are meant for recording different types of addresses where the filed size does not take into account the possible maximum length. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2023-11-09 12:55 | MIT License | |
| 2 | All CHECK constraints of domains that are not associated with any table | Find all CHECK constraints (except NOT NULL) of domains that are not associated with any column. | General | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2020-11-06 14:51 | MIT License | |
| 3 | All column DEFAULT values | Find all the default values of base table, view, and foreign table columns. | General | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2022-10-31 10:18 | MIT License | |
| 4 | All exclude constraints | Find all exclude constraints. | General | system catalog base tables only | 2021-12-16 11:21 | MIT License | |
| 5 | All foreign key constraints | Enforce referential integrity in database. Find all referential integrity (foreign key) constraints. | General | system catalog base tables only | 2023-12-07 12:48 | MIT License | |
| 6 | All key constraints | Find all the primary key and unique constraints of base tables. | General | system catalog base tables only | 2021-10-16 10:37 | MIT License | |
| 7 | All table CHECK constraints that cover at leat one column | Find all CHECK constraints (except NOT NULL) that are associated with a base table or a foreign table column. It is useful to enforce as many constraints at database level as possible. In this way one improves data quality as well as gives extra information to the database users (including the DBMS engines, development environments, and applications). | General | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2024-01-01 11:27 | MIT License | |
| 8 | All the non-primary key columns are optional | Find base tables where all he non-primary key columns are optional. Avoid too many optional columns. You have to be extra careful with NULLs in case of formulating search conditions of data manipulation statements. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2021-02-25 17:30 | MIT License | |
| 9 | All unique keys have at least one optional column | Find base tables where all unique keys (sets of columns covered by a unique constraint, or a unique index) have at least one optional column. In this case there can be rows in the table where the values that should identify the row are missing. Because NULL is not a value and is not duplicate of another NULL the, follwing is possible: CREATE TABLE Uniq(a INTEGER NOT NULL, b INTEGER, CONSTRAINT ak_uniq UNIQUE (a, b)); INSERT INTO Uniq(a, b) VALUES (1, NULL); INSERT INTO Uniq(a, b) VALUES (1, NULL); | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables | 2023-10-21 11:54 | MIT License | |
| 10 | At most one row is permitted in a table (based on check constraints) | Find base tables and foreign tables where based on a check constraint, a key constraint, and a NOT NULL constraint can be at most one row. Make sure that this is the real intent behind the constraint, not a mistake. Find tables where a check constraint permits only one possible value in a column, the column has NOT NULL constraint, and constitutes a key, i.e., has the PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE constraint. | General | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables | 2022-11-03 15:21 | MIT License | |
| 11 | At most one row is permitted in a table (based on enumeration types) | Find base tables and foreign tables where based on the type of a column, a key constraint, and a NOT NULL constraint can be at most one row. Make sure that this is the real intent behind the constraint, not a mistake. Find tables where a column has an enumeration type with exactly one value, the column has NOT NULL constraint, and constitutes a key, i.e., has the PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE constraint. | General | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables | 2022-11-03 15:18 | MIT License | |
| 12 | Base table column of comments/descriptions has an incorrect data type or maximum character length | Find base table columns that name refers to the possibility that these are used to register comments/descriptions. Find the columns where the data type is not VARCHAR and TEXT or in case of VARCHAR the maximum number of permitted characters is smaller than 1000. In case of determining field sizes choose a size that permits registration of all possible legal values. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2022-05-01 13:39 | MIT License | |
| 13 | Base table column of measurements does not have a correct data type | Find base table columns that name refers to the possibility that these are used to register measurement results. Find the columns that do not have an integer or numeric type. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2021-02-25 17:29 | MIT License | |
| 14 | Base table column of national identification numbers does not have a correct data type | Find non-textual base table columns that name refers to the possibility that these are used to register national identification numbers (personal codes). The codes can contain additional symbols to numbers. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2021-02-25 17:29 | MIT License | |
| 15 | Base table column of national identification numbers has a too short field size | Find base table columns with VARCHAR type that name refers to the possibility that these are used to register national identification numbers (personal codes). Find the columns where the field size is shorter than 20. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2021-02-25 17:29 | MIT License | |
| 16 | Base table column of personal names has questionable properties | Find base table columns that name refers to the possibility that these are used to register personal names. Although there are very long personal names the general approach is to register a shortened version of these. Thus, a large field size is not a good idea because it would cause usability and security problems. There are persons who only have one name (mononymous persons). Database design must take it into account. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2022-10-29 20:35 | MIT License | |
| 17 | Base table column of quantities does not have a numeric type (based on column names) | Find base table columns that name refers to the possibility that these are used to register quantities of things. Find the columns that do not have a numeric type. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2021-02-25 17:29 | MIT License | |
| 18 | Base table column of sums of money does not have a numeric type (based on column names) | Find base table columns that name refers to the possibility that these are used to register prices/sums of money. Find columns that do not have a numeric type. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2021-03-21 11:45 | MIT License | |
| 19 | Base table column of sums of money has too big or small scale | Find base table columns that name refers to the possibility that these are used to register data about prices/sums of money. Find the columns that have decimal type but have a too big (bigger than six) or a too small scale (zero). The selection of field size must be precise and should take into account the possible data in the column. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only | 2021-03-21 11:45 | MIT License | |
| 20 | Base table column of surrogate key values does not have an integer data type (based on column names) | Find base table columns that belong to a primary key, unique, or foreign key constraint and that name refers to the possibility that these are used to hold surrogate key values. Find the columns where the data type of the column is not an integer type or uuid. | Problem detection | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables | 2023-11-13 12:10 | MIT License |