Goal Find the columns that name is the same as the name of the type of the column or the domain of the column.
Type Problem detection (Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design)
Reliability Low (Many false-positive results)
License MIT License
Data Source INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog
SQL Query
WITH columns AS (SELECT nspname AS table_schema, relname AS table_name, 
CASE WHEN relkind='r' THEN 'BASE TABLE'
WHEN relkind='v' THEN 'VIEW'
WHEN relkind='m' THEN 'MATERIALIZED VIEW'
WHEN relkind='f' THEN 'FOREIGN TABLE'
WHEN relkind='p' THEN 'PARTITIONED TABLE'
END AS table_type, 
attname AS column_name,
pg_type.typname AS column_type,
domain_type.typname AS column_domain_type
FROM pg_class INNER JOIN pg_namespace ON pg_class.relnamespace=pg_namespace.oid
INNER JOIN pg_attribute ON pg_class.oid=pg_attribute.attrelid
INNER JOIN pg_type ON pg_attribute.atttypid =pg_type.oid
LEFT JOIN pg_type AS domain_type ON domain_type.oid=pg_type.typbasetype
WHERE attnum>=1 
AND relkind IN ('r','v','m','f','p')
AND nspname NOT IN (SELECT schema_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.schemata
WHERE schema_name<>'public' AND
schema_owner='postgres' AND schema_name IS NOT NULL))
SELECT table_schema, table_name, table_type, column_name, column_type, column_domain_type
FROM columns
WHERE column_name ILIKE column_type
OR column_name ILIKE column_domain_type
ORDER BY table_schema, table_name, column_name;

Collections

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NameDescription
Find problems automaticallyQueries, that results point to problems in the database. Each query in the collection produces an initial assessment. However, a human reviewer has the final say as to whether there is a problem or not .
Categories

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NameDescription
NamingQueries of this category provide information about the style of naming.