Try to be consistent. Use concat(column1,column2) or coalesce(column1,'') || coalesce(column2,''). No need to mix the approaches in order to increase unnecessarily the complexity of code.
Data Source
INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog
SQL Query
WITH derived_tables AS (SELECT n.nspname AS schema_name,
c.relname AS object_name,
CASE WHEN c.relkind='v' THEN 'VIEW'
WHEN c.relkind='m' THEN 'MATERIALIZED VIEW'
END AS object_type,
pg_get_viewdef(c.oid, true) AS object_definition,
regexp_replace(pg_get_viewdef(c.oid, true),'[\r\n]',' ','g') AS object_def
FROM pg_namespace AS n INNER JOIN pg_authid AS a ON n.nspowner=a.oid
INNER JOIN pg_class AS c ON n.oid=c.relnamespace
WHERE (n.nspname='public' OR a.rolname<>'postgres')
AND relkind IN ('v','m')),
routines AS (SELECT
pg_namespace.nspname AS schema_name,
pg_proc.proname || '(' || pg_get_function_identity_arguments(pg_proc.oid) || ')' AS object_name,
CASE WHEN pg_proc.prokind='f' THEN 'FUNCTION'
WHEN pg_proc.prokind='p' THEN 'PROCEDURE'
WHEN pg_proc.prokind='w' THEN 'WINDOW FUNCTION' END AS object_type,
pg_get_functiondef(pg_proc.oid) AS object_definition,
regexp_replace( regexp_replace(pg_get_functiondef(pg_proc.oid),'<','<','g'),'[\r\n]',' ','g') AS object_def
FROM
pg_catalog.pg_proc,
pg_catalog.pg_namespace
WHERE
pg_proc.pronamespace = pg_namespace.oid
AND pg_proc.prokind<>'a'
AND pg_proc.proname NOT IN ('f_assume_you_must_use_files', 'f_check_format_comma_separated_list', 'f_check_password', 'f_default_value_with_no_match') AND
pg_namespace.nspname NOT IN (SELECT schema_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.schemata
WHERE schema_name<>'public' AND
schema_owner='postgres' AND schema_name IS NOT NULL)
AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
FROM pg_catalog.pg_depend d
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM pg_catalog.pg_extension e WHERE d.refobjid=e.oid) AND
d.objid=pg_proc.oid)),
checked_elements AS (SELECT schema_name, object_name, object_type, object_definition, object_def
FROM derived_tables
UNION SELECT schema_name, object_name, object_type, object_definition, object_def
FROM routines)
SELECT schema_name, object_name, object_type, object_def
FROM checked_elements
WHERE object_definition ~*'[[:space:]](concat|concat_ws)[[:space:]]*[(].*[[:space:]]coalesce[[:space:]]*[(]'
ORDER BY schema_name, object_type, object_name;
Collections
This query belongs to the following collections:
Name
Description
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:
Name
Description
Derived tables
Queries of this category provide information about the derived tables (views, materialized views), which are used to implement virtual data layer.
Does not work in some earlier PostgreSQL version
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Missing data
Queries of this category provide information about missing data (NULLs) in a database.
System-defined functions
Queries of this category provide information about the use of system-defined functions.
User-defined routines
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