| Goal | Find foreign key columns that do not have an index. Foreign key columns are often used for performing join operations. It is useful to index such columns. |
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| Notes | Sometimes the system catalog contains incorrect information about indexes. It disappears after recreating a key or an index. |
| 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) |
| Fixing Suggestion | Create index to the foreign key. |
| Data Source | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog |
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Collections
This query belongs to the following collections:
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 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:
Performance
Queries of this category provide information about indexes in a database.
Relationships between tables
Queries of this category provide information about how database tables are connected to each other and whether such connections have been explicitly defined and whether it has been done correctly.
| Name | Description |
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| Performance | Queries of this category provide information about indexes in a database. |
| Relationships between tables | Queries of this category provide information about how database tables are connected to each other and whether such connections have been explicitly defined and whether it has been done correctly. |
Further reading and related materials:
Smell "Index abuse": Sharma, T., Fragkoulis, M., Rizou, S., Bruntink, M. and Spinellis, D.: Smelly relations: measuring and understanding database schema quality. In: Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, pp. 55-64. ACM, (2018).
| Reference |
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| https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/index-your-foreign-key/ |
| Smell "Index abuse": Sharma, T., Fragkoulis, M., Rizou, S., Bruntink, M. and Spinellis, D.: Smelly relations: measuring and understanding database schema quality. In: Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, pp. 55-64. ACM, (2018). |