Find user-defined SQL and PL/pgSQL routines that do not return a value although the name suggest that it should return a value (starts with "get").
Notes
The query considers both names in Estonian and English. The query does not consider the routines that are a part of an extension. There could be multiple routines with the same name but with different parameters in the same schema (overloading). Thus, for the unique identification of the routine it is necessary to present also its parameters in addition to the schema name and routine name.
Type
Problem detection (Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design)
SELECT
routine_schema,
routine_name,
pg_get_function_identity_arguments(translate(substring(routines.specific_name,'_[0-9]+$'),'_','')::int::oid) AS parameters,
data_type AS return_type,
is_deterministic,
routine_type,
security_type,
external_language,
regexp_replace(pg_get_functiondef(translate(substring(routines.specific_name,'_[0-9]+$'),'_','')::int::oid),'[\r\n]',' ','g') AS routine_src
FROM
information_schema.routines
WHERE routine_schema NOT IN (SELECT schema_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.schemata
WHERE schema_name<>'public' AND
schema_owner='postgres' AND schema_name IS NOT NULL)
AND external_language IN ('PLPGSQL','SQL')
AND routine_name NOT IN ('f_assume_you_must_use_files', 'f_check_format_comma_separated_list', 'f_check_password', 'f_default_value_with_no_match')
AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
FROM pg_catalog.pg_depend d inner join pg_catalog.pg_proc pc ON d.objid=pc.oid
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM pg_catalog.pg_extension e WHERE d.refobjid=e.oid) AND
pc.proname || '_' || pc.oid = routines.specific_name)
AND data_type='void'
AND routine_name~*'^(get|otsi|leia|loe)'
ORDER BY routine_schema, routine_name, parameters;
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 .
Lexicon bad smells and linguistic antipatterns
Queries made to find the occurrences of lexicon bad smells and linguistic antipatterns
Categories
This query is classified under the following categories:
Name
Description
Naming
Queries of this category provide information about the style of naming.
User-defined routines
Queries of this category provide information about the user-defined routines
Further reading and related materials:
Reference
Linguistic antipattern "B.3 Get method does not return": Arnaoudova, V., Di Penta, M., Antoniol, G., 2016. Linguistic antipatterns: What they are and how developers perceive them. Empirical Software Engineering, 21(1), pp.104-158.