Goal | Find routines where in SELECT or UPDATE statements references to columns are prefixed with references to the table schema. Referring to schema in this context bloats the code. |
Notes | Query searches routines that body contains SELECT or UPDATE statements with two dots. It assumes that the dots are a part of column identifier (schema_name.table_name.column_name). Query refers to the column pg_proc.prokind and thus works starting from PostgreSQL 11. 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. 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. |
Type | Problem detection (Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design) |
Reliability | Low (Many false-positive results) |
License | MIT License |
Fixing Suggestion | For instance, let us assume that a database has schema scott that contains table Emp. Instead of SELECT scott.Emp.empno FROM scott.Emp write SELECT empno FROM scott.Emp; or write SELECT empno FROM Emp; and set the search path of the routine. |
Data Source | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog |
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This query belongs to the following 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 . |
This query is classified under the following categories:
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Does not work in some earlier PostgreSQL version | Queries of this category provide information that was not available in some earlier PostgreSQL version |
User-defined routines | Queries of this category provide information about the user-defined routines |