| Goal | Find domains with NOT NULL constraints and base table columns that have been defined based on the domain. PostgreSQL CREATE DOMAIN statement documentation points out that it is possible to add NULL's to columns that have a NOT NULL domain and thus suggests to associate NOT NULL constraints with a column instead of the domain. However, this is a non-standard behavior and defeats the idea of domain as a reusable asset. The scenarios where NULLs can appear in columns with a NOT NULL domain are quite exotic and probably cannot appear in production environments. |
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| Type | General Overview of some aspect of the database. |
| License | MIT (opens in new tab) |
| Data Source | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog |
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Collections
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Find problems by overview
Queries that results point to different aspects of database that might have problems. A human reviewer has to decide based on the results as to whether there are problems or not .
| Name | Description |
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| Find problems by overview | Queries that results point to different aspects of database that might have problems. A human reviewer has to decide based on the results as to whether there are problems or not . |
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Domains
Queries of this category provide information about reusable specifications of column properties.
Missing data
Queries of this category provide information about missing data (NULLs) in a database.
| Name | Description |
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| Domains | Queries of this category provide information about reusable specifications of column properties. |
| Missing data | Queries of this category provide information about missing data (NULLs) in a database. |
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