Find base table columns with the Money data type. Each value of the money type has associated currency sign that depends on server settings. It could be $. Moreover, using the values for arithmetic operations requires casts that makes the code more complicated.
Type
Problem detection (Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design)
Use instead type DECIMAL (NUMERIC) with suitable precision and scale.
Data Source
INFORMATION_SCHEMA only
SQL Query
SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name, data_type
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns
WHERE data_type IN ('money') AND
(table_schema, table_name) IN (SELECT table_schema, table_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables WHERE table_type='BASE TABLE') AND
table_schema NOT IN (SELECT schema_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.schemata
WHERE schema_name<>'public' AND
schema_owner='postgres' AND schema_name IS NOT NULL)
ORDER BY table_schema, table_name, ordinal_position;
Collections
This query belongs to the following collections:
Name
Description
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:
Name
Description
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.
Data types
Queries of this category provide information about the data types and their usage.