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

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There are 996 queries.

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361Duplication of simple CHECK constraints on the same columnFind duplication of simple CHECK constraints on the same base table or foreign table column. Duplication of the same constraint means that if one starts to manage the code, then changes have to be made in multiple places. The problem is essentially similar with the data redundancy problem that database normalization tries to reduce. Do remember that the same task can be solved in SQL usually in multiple different ways. Thus, the exact copies are not the only possible duplication.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:30MIT License
362Each table is both referencing and referenced table (perhaps there is a cycle in relationships)Find as to whether the relationships between tables form a complete bidirected graph. Tables are vertices in the graph. There is a directed edge between two vertices if one of the tables refers to another through foreign key relationship on mandatory columns.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-07-01 14:23MIT License
363Empty columnsFind columns in non-empty tables that do not contain any values. If there are no values in a columns, then it may mean that one hasn't tested constraints that have been declared to the column or implemented by using triggers. It could also mean that such columns are not needed at all.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:29MIT License
364Empty schemasFind schemas without schema objects.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2022-11-04 15:30MIT License
365Enumerated or range types with the same name in different schemasFind cases where in different schemas there are enumerated or range types with the same name. Types 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. Also make sure that this is not a duplication.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:30MIT License
366Enumerated types with zero or one valueFidn enumerated types with zero or one value. Type is a named finite set of values. The empty set is a set. A set with one value is a set. Thus, types with zero or one value are legal. In practical terms each type, usually, should contain at least two values.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:30MIT License
367Exclude constraint to prevent overlapping time periodsFind exclude constraints on base tables with multiple date/timestamp columns that prevent overlapping time periods.GeneralINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2023-11-07 00:44MIT License
368Explicit lockingPostgreSQL uses Multi-version Concurrency Control (MVCC) and thus, sometimes, one has to explicitly lock certain rows or entire table. One has to use LOCK TABLE or SELECT … FOR UPDATE statements for that.GeneralINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2023-12-11 15:02MIT License
369Explicit locking is missingPostgreSQL uses multiversion concurrency control (MVCC). SELECTs do not block modifications and vice versa. One has to take steps to achieve correct behaviour.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-12-13 14:57MIT License
370Explicit locking is missing (2)Find user-defined routines that have a subquery in a DELETE or UPDATE statement without the FOR UPDATE clause.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2023-12-06 12:15MIT License
371Explicit locking is probably not neededYou do not need explicit locking (LOCK TABLE or SELECT … FOR UPDATE) in case of routines that only search some data but do not modify any data and do not raise any exception.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-11-04 12:08MIT License
372Extension routines that execution privilege has been granted to PUBLICKnow the privileges that users have in your system. Probably all the database users do not need these privileges.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:30MIT License
373Extreme contractionFind names that contain extremely short terms, due to an excessive word contraction, abbreviation, or acronym usage.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-12-21 17:20MIT License
374FILLFACTOR is probably too bigFind base tables in case of which the FILLFACTOR property has perhaps a too big value. Try to find base tables that probably encounter UPDATE operations. In the tables that have frequent updates you want to have free space in table pages (blocks) to accommodate new row versions, which the system automatically creates as a result of fulfilling UPDATE statements. If a new row version will be put to another page by the system, then it means that table indexes have to be updated as well. Thus, the more there are indexes, the more the table would benefit from keeping a new row version in the same page as the old version.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-11-21 09:19MIT License
375FILLFACTOR is probably too smallToo small fillfactor wastes storage space.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2022-11-02 10:43MIT License
376FILLFACTOR is probably too small (2)Find base tables that probably implement many to many relationship type, have no clear sign that there are columns that should be updated, but still have fillfactor less than 100.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-12-11 14:38MIT License
377Find all non-foreign key columns of base tablesFind all non-foreign key columns of base tables. Make sure that no foreign key constraint is missing.GeneralINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2020-11-21 02:59MIT License
378Find all publicationsFind publications of tables that have been created in order to enable logical replication.GeneralINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2020-11-18 15:09MIT License
379Flag parametersA Boolean parameter may be used to determine what task to fulfill. In this case the routine has multiple tasks and does not satisfy the separation of concerns principle.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-12-19 11:03MIT License
380Foreign key column has a default value that is not present in the parent tableFind foreign key columns that have a default value that is not present in the parent table. Identify default values that cause violations of the referential constraints.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-02-25 17:30MIT License