| Goal | Find 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. |
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| Notes | The query tries to make the representation of domain check constraints the same as the representation of table check constraints in order to be able to detect situations where a constraint is associated with a domain and the same constraint is associated also with the column that has been defined based on the domain. In case of the string_agg function, the line break (br) tag is used as a part of the separator for the better readability in case the query result is displayed in a web browser. |
| Type | Problem detection Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design |
| Reliability | High Few or no false-positive results |
| License | MIT (opens in new tab) |
| Fixing Suggestion | Drop the duplicates. |
| Data Source | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog |
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Collections
This query belongs to the following collections:
Find problems automatically
Queries, 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 .
| Name | Description |
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| Find problems automatically | Queries, 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
This query is classified under the following categories:
CHECK constraints
Queries of this category provide information about CHECK constraints.
Duplication of implementation elements
Queries of this catergory provide information about the duplication of the database objects.
| Name | Description |
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| CHECK constraints | Queries of this category provide information about CHECK constraints. |
| Duplication of implementation elements | Queries of this catergory provide information about the duplication of the database objects. |
Further reading and related materials:
The corresponding code smell in case of cleaning code is "G5: Duplication". (Robert C. Martin, Clean Code)
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| https://refactoring.guru/smells/alternative-classes-with-different-interfaces |
| https://refactoring.guru/smells/duplicate-code |
| The corresponding code smell in case of cleaning code is "G5: Duplication". (Robert C. Martin, Clean Code) |