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

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There are 996 queries.

Seq nrNameGoalTypeData sourceLast updateLicense...
701The number and percentage of different names of database objectsNames should be expressive. Find the number of different names used in a database as well as the number of named database objects, and the percentage of different names from all the names. Names should be expressive. Different objects should have different names. The smaller the percentage the less descriptive are the names in the database. Find the number of different names (identifiers) of user-defined database objects and compare it with the total number of database objects. The values could be used to compare different databases.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-12-21 17:26MIT License
702The number and percentage of different names of database objects by object type"Names in software are 90 percent of what make software readable. You need to take the time to choose them wisely and keep them relevant. Names are too important to treat carelessly. Names should not cause confusion." (Robert C. Martin, Clean Code) Names should be expressive. Different objects should have different names. The smaller the percentage the less descriptive are the names in the database. Find the number of different names (identifiers) of user-defined database objects by the object type and compare it with the total number of database objects with this type. The values could be used to compare different databases.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-12-21 16:35MIT License
703The number of columns based on table typeFind the total number of columns in the different types of tables as well as average number of columns in the tables as well as minimal and maximal number of columns.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2022-11-10 14:12MIT License
704The number of commented routinesFind the number of commented routines based on the way how the comments have been added (as a COMMENT object or as a comment in the routine body).Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-01-14 20:49MIT License
705The number of constraints by schema, by type, and in totalFind the number of constraints in different schemas. The number of constraints in a database gives an indication about the state of enforcing constraints at the database level.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2020-11-06 14:51MIT License
706The number of derived table columns with an array, a user-defined, XML, JSON, or JSONB typeFind the number of derived table columns with json, xml, array, or user-defined types. Such columns may contain data that has been aggregated/composed based on values in base tables.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2023-01-14 20:22MIT License
707The number of names of database objects by the number of subcomponents in the names"Names in software are 90 percent of what make software readable. You need to take the time to choose them wisely and keep them relevant. Names are too important to treat carelessly. Names should not cause confusion." (Robert C. Martin, Clean Code) Names should be expressive. Find the number of names (identifiers) of user-defined database objects by the number of subcomponents in the names. The values could be used to compare different databases.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-12-21 17:25MIT License
708The number of names that use different writing stylesFind the number of names of user-defined database objects that use snake_case, ALL CAPS, Sentence case, camelCase or PascalCase style. Make sure that the naming style is consistent.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-12-21 17:22MIT License
709The number of routines by the number of input parametersFind the number of user-defined non-trigger routines by the number of input parameters.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-01-16 09:43MIT License
710The number of SQL-language routines with different types of bodiesFind for each user schema that contain a SQL-language routine how many of these have the body that is string literal and how many have the body (possible starting from PostgreSQL 14) that is parsed at the routine definition time. Try to be consistent, i.e., use the same solution in case of all the routines.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2022-12-02 11:33MIT License
711The number of tables based on the number of columnsFind how many tables with a certain range of the number of columns there are in the database.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-03-25 11:17MIT License
712The number of tables by schema, by type, and in totalFind the number of tables (base, foreign, and derived) in different schemas.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-03-07 10:57MIT License
713The number of user-defined non-trigger routines by schema, by language, and by routine typeFind the number of user-defined non-trigger routines based on their schema, language, and routine type. The routines can be used to implement virtual data layer. Thus the queriy gives some indications about the possible extent of the layer.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-01-14 20:53MIT License
714The number of user-defined non-trigger routines by schema, by security type, and by being deterministicFind the number of user-defined non-trigger routines based on their schema, security type, and being deterministic. The routines can be used to implement virtual data layer. Thus the queriy gives some indications about the possible extent of the layer.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-01-14 20:52MIT License
715The number of user-defined routines based on their database usageFind the number of non-extension routines in a database that modify data. The routines can be used to implement virtual data layer. Thus the queriy gives some indications about the possible extent of the layer. The query distinguishes trigger and non-trigger routines, thus it also gives information about triggers that modify data.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2024-01-15 00:38MIT License
716The number of user-defined triggersTriggers can be used to maintain data integrity in a database by causing rejection of data that does not conform to certain rules. Therefore, the number of triggers in a database gives some indications about the state of enforcing constraints at the database level. The query does not count internal triggers.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2020-11-06 14:51MIT License
717The number of user-defined triggers by schema, by type, and in totalTriggers can be used to maintain data integrity in a database by causing rejection of data that does not conform to certain rules. Therefore, the number of triggers in a database gives an indication about the state of enforcing constraints at the database level.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2020-11-06 14:51MIT License
718The reference to a database operation is missing from a commentFind user-defined routines that comment does not contain a reference to a database operation that the routine implements. In case of routines that have been created based on the contracts of database operations, one should refer to the short identifier of the operation in the comment of the routine. The operation identifier must be in this case in the form OP, but other forms could be used as well.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-11-04 11:39MIT License
719There is no reason to use PL/pgSQL if you do not use one or more features of a procedural languageUsing PL/pgSQL may cause context switching between declarative SQL and procedural PL/pgSQL. Thus use PL/pgSQL only if you truly need some of its constructs (variables, conditional statements, cycles, cursors, exception handling).Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-11-04 16:32MIT License
720There is no reason to use PL/pgSQL to write table functionsUsing PL/pgSQL may cause context switching between declarative SQL and procedural PL/pgSQL. Thus use PL/pgSQL only if you truly need some of its constructs. You can create table functions by using SQL.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2021-11-04 11:28MIT License