| 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). |
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| 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 |
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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:
Syntactics
Queries of this category provide information about syntactic mistakes.
User-defined routines
Queries of this category provide information about the user-defined routines
| Name | Description |
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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 |