Drop the foreign key constraint and recreate it with correct column names.
Data Source
system catalog only
SQL Query
with fk as (select
o.conname,
(select nspname from pg_namespace where oid=f.relnamespace) as foreign_schema,
f.relname as foreign_table,
f.oid as foreign_table_oid,
unnest(o.confkey) AS foreign_col,
(select nspname from pg_namespace where oid=c.relnamespace) as target_schema,
c.relname as target_table,
c.oid as target_table_oid,
unnest(o.conkey) AS target_col
from pg_constraint o inner join pg_class c on c.oid = o.conrelid
inner join pg_class f on f.oid = o.confrelid
where o.contype = 'f'),
fk_grouped as (
select fk.conname, fk.foreign_schema, foreign_table, array_agg(fk.foreign_table || '.' || a_foreign.attname order by a_foreign.attnum) as foreign_col,
fk.target_schema, fk.target_table, array_agg(fk.target_table || '.' || a_target.attname order by a_target.attnum) as target_col
from fk inner join pg_attribute a_foreign on fk.foreign_col = a_foreign.attnum and fk.foreign_table_oid = a_foreign.attrelid and a_foreign.attisdropped = false
inner join pg_attribute a_target on fk.target_col = a_target.attnum and fk.target_table_oid = a_target.attrelid and a_target.attisdropped = false
group by fk.conname, fk.foreign_schema, fk.foreign_table, fk.target_schema, fk.target_table)
select conname, foreign_schema as schema, foreign_table as table, foreign_col, target_col
from fk_grouped
where foreign_schema=target_schema and foreign_table=target_table and foreign_col@> target_col and foreign_col<@ target_col
order by foreign_schema, foreign_table;
SQL statements that help generate fixes for the identified problem.
SQL Query to Generate Fix
Description
with fk as (select
o.conname,
(select nspname from pg_namespace where oid=f.relnamespace) as foreign_schema,
f.relname as foreign_table,
f.oid as foreign_table_oid,
unnest(o.confkey) AS foreign_col,
(select nspname from pg_namespace where oid=m.relnamespace) as target_schema,
m.relname as target_table,
m.oid as target_table_oid,
unnest(o.conkey) AS target_col
from pg_constraint o inner join pg_class c on c.oid = o.conrelid
inner join pg_class f on f.oid = o.confrelid
inner join pg_class m on m.oid = o.conrelid
where o.contype = 'f' and o.conrelid in (select oid from pg_class c where c.relkind = 'r')),
fk_grouped as (
select fk.conname, fk.foreign_schema, foreign_table, array_agg(fk.foreign_table || '.' || a_foreign.attname order by a_foreign.attnum) as foreign_col,
fk.target_schema, fk.target_table, array_agg(fk.target_table || '.' || a_target.attname order by a_target.attnum) as target_col
from fk inner join pg_attribute a_foreign on fk.foreign_col = a_foreign.attnum and fk.foreign_table_oid = a_foreign.attrelid and a_foreign.attisdropped = false
inner join pg_attribute a_target on fk.target_col = a_target.attnum and fk.target_table_oid = a_target.attrelid and a_target.attisdropped = false
group by fk.conname, fk.foreign_schema, fk.foreign_table, fk.target_schema, fk.target_table)
select format('ALTER TABLE %1$I.%2$I DROP CONSTRAINT %3$I;', foreign_schema, foreign_table, conname) AS statements
from fk_grouped
where foreign_schema=target_schema and foreign_table=target_table and foreign_col@> target_col and foreign_col<@ target_col
order by foreign_schema, foreign_table;
Drop the foreign key constraint.
Collections
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Description
Find problems automatically
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Categories
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Name
Description
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Relationships between tables
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