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Deterministic (immutable) functions that do not return a value

Query goal: Find deterministic (immutable) functions that do not return a value. This goes against the idea of deterministic functions.
Notes about the query: Refers to the column pg_proc.prokind and thus works starting from PostgreSQL 11. In the returned body of routine the query replaces each newline character with the line break (br) tag for the better readability in case the query result is displayed in a web browser. There could be multiple routines with the same name but with different parameters in the same schema (overloading). Thus, for the unique identification of the routine it is necessary to present also its parameters in addition to the schema name and routine name. The query does not consider the routines that are a part of an extension.
Query type: Problem detection (Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design)
Query reliability: Medium (Medium number of false-positive results)
Query license: MIT License
Fixing suggestion: Change the function so that it returns a value when it is invoked.
Data source: INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog
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SELECT 
  pg_namespace.nspname AS routine_schema, 
  pg_proc.proname AS routine_name, 
  pg_get_function_identity_arguments(pg_proc.oid) AS parameters,
 regexp_replace(pg_get_functiondef(pg_proc.oid),'[\r\n]','<br>','g')  AS routine_src
FROM pg_catalog.pg_proc INNER JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace ON pg_proc.pronamespace = pg_namespace.oid
INNER JOIN pg_catalog.pg_type ON pg_proc.prorettype = pg_type.oid
WHERE pg_proc.provolatile='i'
AND pg_proc.prokind='f' 
AND pg_type.typname='void'
AND pg_namespace.nspname NOT IN (SELECT schema_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.schemata
WHERE schema_name<>'public' AND
schema_owner='postgres' AND schema_name IS NOT NULL)
AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
FROM pg_catalog.pg_depend d 
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM pg_catalog.pg_extension e WHERE d.refobjid=e.oid) AND
d.objid=pg_proc.oid)
ORDER BY routine_schema, routine_name, parameters;

SQL statements for generating SQL statements that help us to fix the problem

SQL queryDescription
SELECT format('DROP FUNCTION %1$I.%2$I(%3$s);', pg_namespace.nspname, pg_proc.proname, pg_get_function_identity_arguments(pg_proc.oid)) AS statements
FROM pg_catalog.pg_proc INNER JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace ON pg_proc.pronamespace = pg_namespace.oid
INNER JOIN pg_catalog.pg_type ON pg_proc.prorettype = pg_type.oid
WHERE pg_proc.provolatile='i'
AND pg_proc.prokind='f' 
AND pg_type.typname='void'
AND pg_namespace.nspname NOT IN (SELECT schema_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.schemata
WHERE schema_name<>'public' AND
schema_owner='postgres' AND schema_name IS NOT NULL)
ORDER BY pg_namespace.nspname, pg_proc.proname;
Drop the function.

Collections where the query belongs to

Collection nameCollection description
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 where the query belongs to

Category nameCategory description
Does not work in some earlier PostgreSQL versionQueries of this category provide information that was not available in some earlier PostgreSQL version
User-defined routinesQueries of this category provide information about the user-defined routines

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