Goal Find base table columns that have Boolean type and based on the column name are meant for recording data about gender.
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 License
Data Source INFORMATION_SCHEMA only
SQL Query
SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns
WHERE column_name~*'(sex|gender)' AND data_type='boolean' 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;

Collections

This query belongs to the following collections:

NameDescription
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

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NameDescription
Data typesQueries of this category provide information about the data types and their usage.
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.