Goal Find base table columns and domains that have a textual type but the default value that represents a temporal value (either a static value or invocation of a function that returns such value). Specify for each column/domain a right data type that takes into account expected values in the column/domain.
Notes The query finds default values that are associated directly with a base table column as well as default values that are specified through a domain. The query does not find default values of domains that are not associated with any table.
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 License
Fixing Suggestion Change the data type of the column/domain.
Data Source INFORMATION_SCHEMA only
SQL Query
WITH columns AS (SELECT A.table_schema AS schema, A.table_name, A.column_name AS object, A.data_type, a.column_default AS default_value, 'COLUMN' AS object_type
FROM information_schema.columns A INNER JOIN information_schema.schemata S ON A.table_schema=S.schema_name
WHERE A.data_type IN ('character varying','text','character') 
AND A.column_default~*'(localtimestamp|current_timestamp|localtime|current_time|current_date|now|[[:digit:]]{4}(-|/|\|.)[[:digit:]]{1,2}(-|/|\|.)[[:digit:]]{1,2}|[[:digit:]]{1,2}(-|/|\|.)[[:digit:]]{1,2}(-|/|\|.)[[:digit:]]{4}|[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2})'
AND (A.table_schema = 'public'
OR S.schema_owner<>'postgres')
AND (table_schema, table_name) IN (SELECT table_schema, table_name
FROM information_schema.tables
WHERE table_type='BASE TABLE')),
domains AS (SELECT D.domain_schema AS schema, NULL AS table_name, D.domain_name AS object, D.data_type, D.domain_default AS default_value, 'DOMAIN' AS object_type
FROM information_schema.domains D INNER JOIN information_schema.schemata S ON D.domain_schema=S.schema_name
WHERE D.data_type IN ('character varying','text','character') 
AND D.domain_default~*'(localtimestamp|current_timestamp|localtime|current_time|current_date|now|[[:digit:]]{4}(-|/|\|.)[[:digit:]]{1,2}(-|/|\|.)[[:digit:]]{1,2}|[[:digit:]]{1,2}(-|/|\|.)[[:digit:]]{1,2}(-|/|\|.)[[:digit:]]{4}|[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2})'
AND (D.domain_schema = 'public'
OR S.schema_owner<>'postgres'))
SELECT schema, table_name, object, object_type, data_type, default_value
FROM columns
UNION SELECT schema, table_name, object, object_type, data_type, default_value
FROM domains
ORDER BY schema, object_type, object;

Collections

This query belongs to the following collections:

NameDescription
Find problems automaticallyQueries, 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:

NameDescription
Comfortability of data managementQueries 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 typesQueries of this category provide information about the data types and their usage.
Default valueQueries of this catergory provide information about the use of default values.
DomainsQueries of this category provide information about reusable specifications of column properties.
System-defined functionsQueries of this category provide information about the use of system-defined functions.
Temporal dataQueries of this category provide information about temporal (time-related) data that is kept in the database.
Validity and completenessQueries 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).