Query goal: | Find columns of base and foreign tables that based on the column name and type are used to register age. |
Notes about the query: | The query considers both column names in English and Estonian. |
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: | Instead of registering age, register the point in time when the existence of an entity started and possibly the point in time when the existence of the entity ended. Based on this it is always possible to calculate the age of the entity. |
Data source: | INFORMATION_SCHEMA only |
SQL query: | Click on query to copy it
SELECT table_type, table_schema, table_name, column_name, data_type, character_maximum_length FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables USING (table_schema, table_name) WHERE data_type~*'(char|text|integer|smallint|bigint|numeric|decimal|real|float|double precision)' AND column_name~*'(^|_)(age|vanus)$' AND table_type IN( 'BASE TABLE','FOREIGN') 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) ORDER BY table_type, table_schema, table_name, ordinal_position; |
Collection name | Collection description |
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Find problems about base tables | A selection of queries that return information about the data types, field sizes, default values as well as general structure of base tables. 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 . |
Category name | Category description |
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Result quality depends on names | Queries of this category use names (for instance, column names) to try to guess the meaning of a database object. Thus, the goodness of names determines the number of false positive and false negative results. |
Structure of base tables | Queries of this category provide information about the structuring of base tables at the database conceptual level |
Reference |
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Factor, P.: SQL Code Smells. Redgate, http://assets.red-gate.com/community/books/sql-code-smells.pdf, last accessed 2019/12/29 (Storing a duration rather than a point in time) |