Find the number of derived table columns with json, xml, array, or user-defined types. Such columns may contain data that has been aggregated/composed based on values in base tables.
Type
Sofware measure (Numeric values (software measures) about the database)
WITH cols AS (SELECT table_schema, table_name, table_type, column_name,
CASE WHEN data_type='USER-DEFINED' THEN udt_name || '(' || data_type || ')' ELSE data_type END AS data_type
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables USING (table_schema, table_name)
WHERE table_type='VIEW'
AND 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)
UNION SELECT n.nspname AS table_schema, c.relname AS table_name, 'MATERIALIZED VIEW' AS table_type, at.attname AS column_name,
CASE WHEN t.typtype='d' THEN
CASE WHEN bt.typcategory='A' THEN translate(bt.typname,'_','') || '(ARRAY)' ELSE bt.typname END
ELSE
CASE WHEN t.typcategory='A' THEN translate(t.typname,'_','') || '(ARRAY)'
WHEN t.typcategory='C' THEN t.typname || '(USER-DEFINED)'
ELSE t.typname END
END AS data_type
FROM pg_class AS c INNER JOIN pg_namespace AS n ON c.relnamespace=n.oid
INNER JOIN pg_authid AS a ON n.nspowner=a.oid
INNER JOIN pg_attribute AS at ON c.oid=at.attrelid
INNER JOIN pg_type AS t ON at.atttypid=t.oid
LEFT JOIN pg_type AS bt ON t.typbasetype=bt.oid
WHERE (n.nspname='public' OR rolname<>'postgres')
AND c.relkind='m'
AND at.attisdropped = false
AND at.attnum>=1)
SELECT table_type, data_type, Count(*) AS number_of_columns
FROM cols
WHERE data_type~*'(json|xml|array|user-defined)'
GROUP BY CUBE (table_type, data_type)
ORDER BY table_type, data_type, Count(*) DESC;
Collections
This query belongs to the following collections:
Name
Description
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 .
Find quick numeric overview of the database
Queries that return numeric values showing mostly the number of different types of database objects in the database
Categories
This query is classified under the following categories:
Name
Description
Data types
Queries of this category provide information about the data types and their usage.
Derived tables
Queries of this category provide information about the derived tables (views, materialized views), which are used to implement virtual data layer.
Hierarchical data
Queries of this catergory provide information about storing hierarchical data in the database.