Perhaps the character maximum length has been omitted accidentally, i.e., one wrote VARCHAR instead of VARCHAR(n) where n is the maximum permitted number of characters in the field value. VARCHAR and TEXT are synonyms.
Type
Problem detection (Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design)
Declare maximum field size (VARCHAR(n)) or declare a CHECK constraint that limits the string length in the column. Field size should be selected so that to prevent possibly incorrect values (absurdly long) and provide information to database users (for instance, developers, various generator programs) about the nature of data in the column. Field size is a part of table predicate and it describes the meaning of data to the system.
Data Source
INFORMATION_SCHEMA only
SQL Query
SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name, data_type, character_maximum_length
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns
WHERE data_type = 'character varying' AND character_maximum_length IS NULL 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 character_maximum_length DESC, table_schema, table_name, ordinal_position;
Collections
This query belongs to the following collections:
Name
Description
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 .
Categories
This query is classified under the following categories:
Name
Description
Field size
Queries of this category provide information about the maximum size of values that can be recorded in column fields
Validity and completeness
Queries of this category provide information about whether database design represents the world (domain) correctly (validity) and whether database design captures all the information about the world (domain) that is correct and relevant (completeness).