| Goal | In SQL tables each column has the ordinal position. Find all the base tables where the primary key columns are not the first in the table, i.e., there is at least one non-primary key column that comes before a primary key column. It is easier to grasp the primary key if its columns are the first in the table. It could be that a table inherits from an abstract table where no keys have been defined. |
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| Notes | For each found table the query shows the names of primary key columns with the ordinal number of the column in the table. PostgreSQL 14 added primary keys, unique constraints, and foreign keys to system catalogs. Thus the query was modified to exclude the results from the system catalog. |
| 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) |
| Data Source | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog |
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Collections
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Find problems about base tables
A selection of queries that return information about the data types, field sizes, default values as well as general structure of base tables. Contains all the types of queries - problem detection, software measure, and general overview
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 about base tables | A selection of queries that return information about the data types, field sizes, default values as well as general structure of base tables. Contains all the types of queries - problem detection, software measure, and general overview |
| 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 . |
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Comfortability of data management
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Inconsistencies
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| Name | Description |
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| Comfortability of data management | Queries of this category provide information about the means that have been used to make the use or management of database more comfortable and thus, more efficient. |
| Inconsistencies | Queries of this catergory provide information about inconsistencies of solving the same problem in different places. |