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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821The maximum number of characters may be missingPerhaps the character maximum length has been omitted accidentally, i.e., one wrote VARCHAR instead of VARCHAR(n) where n is the maximum permitted number of characters in the field value. VARCHAR and TEXT are synonyms.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2021-02-25 17:29MIT License
822The name of the base table that implements a binary relationship type does not explain the meaning of the relationshipFind base tables that implement a binary relationship type (have two foreign keys) and the name of the table consist of the names of tables that this (intermediate) table connect. The names should be derived from the domain. For instance, instead of name Course_Lecturer it is better to have name Teaching.Problem detectionsystem catalog base tables only2023-03-18 17:58MIT License
823The name of the routine does not match with the action of the routineFind user-defined non-trigger SQL and PL/pgSQL routines where the beginning of the name of the routine indicates a certain action inside the routine (INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE) but there is no such statement in the routine body.Problem detectionINFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog base tables2022-11-19 14:37MIT License
824The number and percentage of base tables where all the non-primary key columns are optionalFind the number and percentage of base tables where all the non-primary key columns are optionalSofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2020-11-08 19:57MIT License
825The number and percentage of base tables without CHECK constraintsFind the extent in which data integrity is checked at the database level. Find the number and percentage of base tables that do not have any associated CHECK constraints.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2020-11-08 19:15MIT License
826The number and percentage of base tables without keysFind the extent in which repeating rows are permitted in the database. Find the number and percentage (from the total number of base tables) of base tables that do not have the PRIMARY KEY constraint and also do not have any UNIQUE constraints.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2020-11-08 19:16MIT License
827The 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
828The 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
829The number and percentage of optinal columns in base tablesFind the number and percentage of optinal columns in base tablesSofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2020-11-08 21:17MIT License
830The number of base table columns based on data typeFind the number of base table columns based on data type.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2020-11-19 15:30MIT License
831The number of base table columns by type categoryFind the number of base table columns based on the category of data type that the columns have.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2021-03-20 12:27MIT License
832The 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
833The 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
834The number of compensating actions of foreign key constraintsFind the number of compensating actions that are specified in case of foreign key constraints.Sofware measuresystem catalog base tables only2020-11-16 10:11MIT License
835The 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
836The number of default valuesFind the total number of columns with a default value as well as the number of columns with different kinds of default values (the number of columns where the default is used to implement surrogate key, the number of columns where the default is not used to implement surrogate key, the number of columns with a static default value, the number of columns with a dynamic default value).Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2021-11-22 13:26MIT License
837The 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
838The number of direct and indirect child tables (foreign keys)Find the number of direct and all (direct+indirect) child tables of a base table based on the foreign keys. The result may help to classify the data. If the number of direct children is small but the number of all children is large, then the table probably contains classifiers. If both the number of direct and all children is large, then the table probably contains master data. If the number of all children is small, then the table probably contains transactional data, logs, or descriptive information of main entities.Sofware measuresystem catalog base tables only2020-11-14 16:10MIT License
839The number of direct and indirect child tables (table inheritance)Find the number of direct and all (direct+indirect) child tables of a base table based on the table inheritance.Sofware measuresystem catalog base tables only2020-11-14 19:59MIT License
840The number of domains by schema and in totalIdentify the number of domains in different schemas.Sofware measureINFORMATION_SCHEMA only2020-11-06 14:51MIT License