Goal Find as to whether there are multiple different types used in case of columns that are meant for registering dates.
Notes The query considers both column names in English and Estonian.
Type Problem detection (Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design)
Reliability Medium (Medium number of false-positive results)
License MIT License
Data Source INFORMATION_SCHEMA only
SQL Query
WITH date_cols AS (SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name, ordinal_position, data_type
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns
WHERE  (column_name ILIKE '%\_kp' OR (column_name ILIKE '%date' AND column_name NOT ILIKE '%update')) 
AND (table_schema, table_name) IN (SELECT table_schema, table_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables WHERE table_type='BASE TABLE') 
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))
SELECT data_type, Count(*) AS nr_of_occurrences, string_agg( table_schema || '.' || table_name || '.' || column_name,';
' ORDER BY ordinal_position) AS columns FROM date_cols GROUP BY data_type HAVING (SELECT Count(*) AS c FROM (SELECT Count(*) AS nr_of_occurrences FROM date_cols GROUP BY data_type) AS foo)>1 ORDER BY Count(*) DESC, data_type;
Collections

This query belongs to the following collections:

NameDescription
Find problems about base tablesA 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 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

This query is classified under the following categories:

NameDescription
Data typesQueries of this category provide information about the data types and their usage.
InconsistenciesQueries of this catergory provide information about inconsistencies of solving the same problem in different places.
Result quality depends on namesQueries 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.