Find all the default values of base table, view, and foreign table columns.
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
General (Overview of some aspect of the database.)
SELECT c.table_schema, t.table_type, c.table_name, c.column_name, c.data_type, c.domain_schema, c.domain_name, coalesce(c.column_default, domain_default) AS default_value,
CASE WHEN c.column_default IS NOT NULL THEN 'Column default' ELSE 'Domain default' END AS default_type
FROM information_schema.columns AS c LEFT JOIN information_schema.domains d USING (domain_schema, domain_name)
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables AS t USING (table_schema, table_name)
WHERE c.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)
AND (column_default IS NOT NULL OR domain_default IS NOT NULL)
ORDER BY t.table_type, c.table_schema, c.table_name, c.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 by overview
Queries that results point to different aspects of database that might have problems. A human reviewer has to decide based on the results as to whether there are problems 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.
Default value
Queries of this catergory provide information about the use of default values.
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).