PostgreSQL Query Catalog

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Found 1041 queries.

  • All the queries about database objects contain a subcondition to exclude from the result information about the system catalog.
  • Although the statements use SQL constructs (common table expressions; NOT in subqueries) that could cause performance problems in case of large datasets it shouldn't be a problem in case of relatively small amount of data, which is in the system catalog of a database.
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# Name Goal Type Data source Last update ▼ License
741 Perhaps the type of a base table column/domain should be SMALLINT (based on classifiers) Find columns that name points to the possibility that values in this are classifier codes. The column has a numeric type but it is not SMALLINT. Usually each classifier type has so few values that type SMALLINT would be appropriate. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA only 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
742 Perhaps the type of a base table column/domain should be temporal (based on default values) Find base table columns and domains that have a textual type but the default value that represents a temporal value (either a static value or invocation of a function that returns such value). Specify for each column/domain a right data type that takes into account expected values in the column/domain. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA only 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
743 Perhaps the type of a base table column/domain should be temporal (deadlines) Find base table columns that name refers to the possibility that there are registered deadlines but the column does not have a temporal type. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA only 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
744 Perhaps the type of a base table column/domain should be VARCHAR (based on column names) Find base table columns that have CHAR type, where character maximum length is bigger than 1 and the name of the column does not refer to the possibility that the column holds some kind of codes or flags or hash values. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA only 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
745 Perhaps the type of a base table column should be an integer type (based on column names) Find columns of base tables where the name of the column has prefix or suffix "id" or has the name "id" but the column does not have an integer type or uuid type. A convention is to use the phrase "id" in the names of surrogate key columns. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA only 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
746 Perhaps the type of a base table column should be BOOLEAN (based on enumerated types) Find base table columns that have an enumerated type that seems to emulate Boolean type. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
747 Perhaps the type of a base table column should be XML, JSON, or JSONB (based on column names) Find base table columns that name refers to the possibility that these are used to register XML/JSON values. Find the columns that do not have an appropriate data type (xml, json, jsonb). One shouldn't use columns with a textual type to register such data. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA only 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
748 Perhaps the type of a parameter should be BOOLEAN (based on parameter names) Find routine parameters that based on the name seem to hold truth values. Find parameters that name starts with "is_" or "has_" or "can_" or "on_" and that do not have Boolean type. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
749 Perhaps too many different prefixes in the names of database objects that have the same type One should be consistent in naming, including in the use of prefixes. If you use prefix in the name of a database object, then it should refer to the type of the database object. Do not use different prefixes in the names of database objects that have the same type. Find types of database objects in case of which there are different prefixes in different names. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
750 Perhaps too many different suffixes in the names of database objects that have the same type One should be consistent in naming, including in the use of suffixes. If you use sufix in the name of a database object, then it should refer to the type of the database object. Do not use different suffixes in the names of database objects that have the same type. Find types of database objects in case of which there are different suffixes in different names. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
751 Perhaps too many input parameters Too many parameters (in this case four or more) could be a sign of not separating concerns and having a routine that has more than one task. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
752 Perhaps too many square brackets Character classes are surrounded by two pairs of square brackets. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
753 Perhaps too many subconditions in a CHECK constraint Find check constraints of base table and foreign table columns that are either associated with more than one column and have at least one AND operation or are associated with exactly one column and have two or more AND operations. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA only 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
754 Perhaps unnecessary DECLARE section in a PL/pgSQL routine Find PL/pgSQL routines that perhaps unnecessarily contain DECLARE section. More specifically, find routines with the DECLARE section where the only task seems to be raising an exception. The query excludes the cases where the error message is constructed dynamically, i.e., in this case using a variable maybe justifiable. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
755 Perhaps unnecessary DECLARE section in a PL/pgSQL routine (2) Find PL/pgSQL routines that perhaps unnecessarily contain DECLARE section. More specifically, find routines with the DECLARE section where the keyword DECLARE is followed by BEGIN, i.e., the DECLARE section is empty. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
756 Perhaps unnecessary privileges to use the database Find as to whether a database user (except postgres), who is not a superuser, has Create (C) or Temporary (T) privileges to use the database. Problem detection system catalog base tables only 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
757 Perhaps updating of modification time is missing Find routines with SQL-standard body that seem to update data in a table that has a column for modification time but the routine does not seem to update the modification time while updating the row and the table does not seem to have an UPDATE trigger that changes the modification time. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
758 Personal names are unique Find all primary key and unique constraints of base tables that involve at least one column with personal names. Personal names are not unique and these cannot be (usually) used to guarantee uniqueness. Either one has declared a superkey instead of candidate key (i.e., the key contains a column that is not needed for uniqueness) or the key columns have been found incorrectly. Problem detection system catalog base tables only 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
759 PL/pgSQL functions with consecutive RETURN clauses Find PL/pgSQL functions with consecutive RETURN clauses. Only the first RETURN will be used, others are unnecessary. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View
760 PL/pgSQL functions without the RETURN clause The return value of a function cannot be left undefined. If control reaches the end of the top-level block of the function without hitting a RETURN statement, a run-time error will occur. This restriction does not apply to functions with output parameters and functions returning void, however. In those cases a RETURN statement is automatically executed if the top-level block finishes. It also does not apply to trigger functions that only task is to raise an exception. Problem detection INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables 2025-11-07 10:11 MIT License View