Goal Find base table columns that use type name that is used in system catalog tables. It is not a problem if the column is meant for recording identifiers of database objects.
Type General (Overview of some aspect of the database.)
License MIT (opens in new tab)
Data Source INFORMATION_SCHEMA only
SQL Query 
SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name, data_type
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns
WHERE data_type='name' 
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)
ORDER BY table_schema, table_name, ordinal_position;

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