| Goal | Find primary key, unique, foreign key, and exclude constraints that have been defined in a supertable (parent table) but not in its subtable. Additional condition is that in case of the subtable there is no CHECK that permits only one specific value in the constraint column. The presence of such check would make the design acceptable. Unfortunately, PostgreSQL table inheritance is implemented in a manner that some constraints (CHECK, NOT NULL) are inherited from the supertable but others are not. "All check constraints and not-null constraints on a parent table are automatically inherited by its children, unless explicitly specified otherwise with NO INHERIT clauses. Other types of constraints (unique, primary key, and foreign key constraints) are not inherited." (PostgreSQL documentation) |
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| Type | Problem detection (Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design) |
| Reliability | High (Few or no false-positive results) |
| License | MIT (opens in new tab) |
| Data Source | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog |
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Collections
This query belongs to the following collections:
Find problems about integrity constraints
A selection of queries that return information about the state of integrity constraints in the datadabase. Contains all the types of queries - problem detection, software measure, and general overview
Find problems automatically
Queries, 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 .
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Find problems about integrity constraints | A selection of queries that return information about the state of integrity constraints in the datadabase. Contains all the types of queries - problem detection, software measure, and general overview |
| Find problems automatically | Queries, 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
This query is classified under the following categories:
CHECK constraints
Queries of this category provide information about CHECK constraints.
Relationships between tables
Queries 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.
Table inheritance
Queries of this category provide information about the inheritance between base tables.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| CHECK constraints | Queries of this category provide information about CHECK constraints. |
| Relationships between tables | Queries 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. |
| Table inheritance | Queries of this category provide information about the inheritance between base tables. |
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