Goal Find foreign keys that consist of more than one column. Make sure that the order of columns in the composite foreign key corresponds to the order of columns in the composite candidate key in the referenced table.
Type General (Overview of some aspect of the database.)
License MIT License
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,
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,
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' and cardinality(o.conkey)>1),
fk_unnest as (select conname, foreign_schema, foreign_table,  foreign_table_oid, foreign_col, foreign_col_num, target_schema, target_table, target_table_oid, target_col, target_col_num, ordin
from fk, unnest(fk.foreign_col, fk. target_col) with ordinality as f(foreign_col_num, target_col_num, ordin)),
fk_with_names as (select conname, foreign_schema, foreign_table, array_agg(a_foreign.attname order by ordin) as foreign_col, target_schema, target_table, array_agg(a_target.attname order by ordin) as target_col
from fk_unnest fk inner join pg_attribute a_foreign on fk.foreign_col_num = 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_num = a_target.attnum and fk.target_table_oid = a_target.attrelid and a_target.attisdropped = false
group by conname, foreign_schema, foreign_table, target_schema, target_table)
select *
from fk_with_names
order by target_schema, target_table, conname;

Collections

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NameDescription
Find problems by overviewQueries 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

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NameDescription
Relationships between tablesQueries 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.