Goal Find as to whether PL/pgSQL routines and SQL routines that do not have SQL-standard body use different syntax for casting (cast function vs :: operator).
Notes Refers to the column pg_proc.prokind and thus works starting from PostgreSQL 11. In the returned body of routine the query replaces each newline character with the line break (br) tag for the better readability in case the query result is displayed in a web browser. There could be multiple routines with the same name but with different parameters in the same schema (overloading). Thus, for the unique identification of the routine it is necessary to present also its parameters in addition to the schema name and routine name. The query returns information about all routines that use casting if at least one routine uses cast and at least one routine uses ::. The query excludes routines that are a part of an extension.
Type Problem detection (Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design)
Reliability Medium (Medium number of false-positive results)
License MIT (opens in new tab)
Data Source INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog
SQL Query
WITH routines_with_casting AS (SELECT 
  n.nspname AS routine_schema, 
  pr.proname AS routine_name, 
   pg_get_function_identity_arguments(pr.oid) AS parameters,
   pg_get_functiondef(pr.oid) AS routine_src_original,
  regexp_replace(pg_get_functiondef(pr.oid),'[\r\n]','<br>','g')  AS routine_src,  
  CASE WHEN pr.prokind='f' THEN 'FUNCTION'
  WHEN pr.prokind='p' THEN 'PROCEDURE'
  WHEN pr.prokind='w' THEN 'WINDOW FUNCTION' END AS routine_type,
  l.lanname AS routine_language
FROM 
  pg_catalog.pg_proc pr, 
  pg_catalog.pg_namespace n,
  pg_catalog.pg_language l
WHERE 
  pr.pronamespace = n.oid 
  AND pr.prolang=l.oid 
  AND pr.prokind<>'a'  
  AND pg_get_functiondef(pr.oid)~*'(\:\:|cast[(])'
  AND pr.proname NOT IN ('f_assume_you_must_use_files', 'f_check_format_comma_separated_list', 'f_check_password', 'f_default_value_with_no_match') 
  AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
FROM pg_catalog.pg_depend d 
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 
FROM pg_catalog.pg_extension e 
WHERE d.refobjid=e.oid) AND
d.objid=pr.oid)
AND n.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 routine_schema, routine_name, parameters, routine_src, routine_type, routine_language
FROM routines_with_casting
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM routines_with_casting WHERE routine_src_original~*'\:\:')
AND EXISTS (SELECT * FROM routines_with_casting WHERE routine_src_original~*'cast[(]')
ORDER BY routine_schema, routine_name, parameters;

Collections

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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 .

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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Syntactics

Queries of this category provide information about syntactic mistakes.

User-defined routines

Queries of this category provide information about the user-defined routines

NameDescription
SyntacticsQueries of this category provide information about syntactic mistakes.
User-defined routinesQueries of this category provide information about the user-defined routines