Add check to find intersected foreign keys

README.md

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ For more information please see [PostgreSQL Versioning Policy](https://www.postg
 19. [Sequence overflow](https://habr.com/ru/articles/800121/) ([sql](https://github.com/mfvanek/pg-index-health-sql/blob/master/sql/sequence_overflow.sql)).
 20. Primary keys with [serial types](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Don't_Do_This#Don.27t_use_serial) ([sql](https://github.com/mfvanek/pg-index-health-sql/blob/master/sql/primary_keys_with_serial_types.sql)).
 21. Duplicated (completely identical) foreign keys ([sql](https://github.com/mfvanek/pg-index-health-sql/blob/master/sql/duplicated_foreign_keys.sql)).
+22. Intersected (partially identical) foreign keys ([sql](https://github.com/mfvanek/pg-index-health-sql/blob/master/sql/intersected_foreign_keys.sql)).
 
 ## Local development
 

sql/bloated_tables.sql

@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ with
         from
             pg_attribute pa
             inner join pg_class pc on pc.oid = pa.attrelid
-            inner join pg_namespace pn on pn.oid = pc.relnamespace
-            left join pg_stats ps on ps.schemaname = pn.nspname and ps.tablename = pc.relname and ps.inherited = false and ps.attname = pa.attname
+            inner join pg_namespace nsp on nsp.oid = pc.relnamespace
+            left join pg_stats ps on ps.schemaname = nsp.nspname and ps.tablename = pc.relname and ps.inherited = false and ps.attname = pa.attname
             left join pg_class toast on toast.oid = pc.reltoastrelid
         where
             not pa.attisdropped and
             pc.relkind = 'r' and
             pc.relpages > 0 and
-            pn.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
+            nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
         group by table_oid, pc.reltuples, heap_pages, toast_pages, toast_tuples, fill_factor, block_size, page_header_size
     ),
 

sql/btree_indexes_on_array_columns.sql

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 -- GIN-index should be used instead for such columns
 -- Based on query from https://habr.com/ru/articles/800121/
 select
-    i.indrelid::regclass as table_name,
-    i.indexrelid::regclass as index_name,
-    col.attname as column_name,
+    i.indrelid::regclass::text as table_name,
+    i.indexrelid::regclass::text as index_name,
+    col.attname::text as column_name,
     col.attnotnull as column_not_null,
     pg_relation_size(i.indexrelid) as index_size
 from pg_catalog.pg_index i
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ from pg_catalog.pg_index i
 where
     nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text and
     typ.typcategory = 'A' -- A stands for Array type. See - https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/catalog-pg-type.html#CATALOG-TYPCATEGORY-TABLE
-order by ic.oid::regclass::text, i.indexrelid::regclass::text;
+order by table_name, index_name;

sql/check_not_valid_constraints.sql

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 select
-    c.conrelid::regclass as table_name, -- Name of the table
+    c.conrelid::regclass::text as table_name, -- Name of the table
     c.conname as constraint_name, -- Name of the constraint
     c.contype as constraint_type  -- Type of the constraint
 from
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ where
     not c.convalidated and -- Constraints that have not yet been validated
     c.contype in ('c', 'f') and -- Focus on check and foreign key constraints
     nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text -- Make the query schema-aware
-order by c.conrelid::regclass::text, c.conname;
+order by table_name, c.conname;

sql/columns_with_json_type.sql

@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ where
     not col.attisdropped and
     col.atttypid = 'json'::regtype and
     nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
-order by t.oid::regclass::text, col.attname::text;
+order by table_name, column_name;

sql/columns_without_description.sql

@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ where
     not col.attisdropped and
     (col_description(t.oid, col.attnum) is null or length(trim(col_description(t.oid, col.attnum))) = 0) and
     nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
-order by t.oid::regclass::text, col.attname::text;
+order by table_name, column_name;

sql/duplicated_foreign_keys.sql

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ with
             constraint_name,
             table_oid,
             foreign_table_oid,
-            array_agg(attname || ', ' || attnotnull::text order by attposition) as columns
+            array_agg(attname::text || ', ' || attnotnull::text order by attposition) as columns
         from fk_with_attributes
         group by constraint_name, table_oid, foreign_table_oid
     )
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ from
         c2.table_oid = c1.table_oid and
         c2.foreign_table_oid = c1.foreign_table_oid and
         c2.columns = c1.columns
-order by c1.table_oid::regclass::text, c1.constraint_name, c2.constraint_name;
+order by table_name, c1.constraint_name, c2.constraint_name;

sql/duplicated_indexes.sql

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ select
 from (
     select
         x.indexrelid::regclass as idx,
-        x.indrelid::regclass as table_name,
+        x.indrelid::regclass::text as table_name, -- cast to text for sorting purposes
         (
             x.indrelid::text || ' ' || x.indclass::text || ' ' || x.indkey::text || ' ' ||
             x.indcollation::text || ' ' ||

sql/foreign_keys_without_index.sql

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 -- Finds foreign keys for which no index was created in the referencing (child) table.
 -- This will cause the child table to be scanned sequentially when deleting an entry from the referenced (parent) table.
 select
-    c.conrelid::regclass as table_name,
+    c.conrelid::regclass::text as table_name,
     c.conname as constraint_name,
-    array_agg(col.attname || ', ' || col.attnotnull::text order by u.attposition) as columns
+    array_agg(col.attname::text || ', ' || col.attnotnull::text order by u.attposition) as columns
 from
     pg_catalog.pg_constraint c
     inner join lateral unnest(c.conkey) with ordinality u(attnum, attposition) on true
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ where
             array_position(pi.indkey::int[], (c.conkey::int[])[1]) = 0 /* ordering of columns in foreign key and in index is the same */
     )
 group by c.conrelid, c.conname, c.oid
-order by (c.conrelid::regclass)::text, columns;
+order by table_name, columns;

sql/indexes_with_boolean.sql

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 select
     pi.indrelid::regclass::text as table_name,
     pi.indexrelid::regclass::text as index_name,
-    col.attname as column_name,
+    col.attname::text as column_name,
     col.attnotnull as column_not_null,
     pg_relation_size(pi.indexrelid) as index_size
 from

sql/indexes_with_null_values.sql

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 -- Finds indexes that can contain null values.
 select
-    x.indrelid::regclass as table_name,
-    x.indexrelid::regclass as index_name,
+    x.indrelid::regclass::text as table_name,
+    x.indexrelid::regclass::text as index_name,
     string_agg(a.attname, ', ') as nullable_fields, -- In fact, there will always be only one column.
     pg_relation_size(x.indexrelid) as index_size
 from

sql/intersected_foreign_keys.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2024. Ivan Vakhrushev and others.
+ * https://github.com/mfvanek/pg-index-health-sql
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License 2.0
+ */
+
+-- Finds partially identical foreign keys (with overlapping sets of columns).
+--
+-- Based on query from https://habr.com/ru/articles/803841/
+with
+    fk_with_attributes as (
+        select
+            c.conname as constraint_name,
+            c.conrelid as table_oid,
+            c.confrelid as foreign_table_oid,
+            u.attposition,
+            col.attname,
+            col.attnotnull
+        from
+            pg_catalog.pg_constraint c
+            inner join pg_catalog.pg_namespace nsp on nsp.oid = c.connamespace
+            inner join lateral unnest(c.conkey) with ordinality u(attnum, attposition) on true
+            inner join pg_catalog.pg_attribute col on col.attrelid = c.conrelid and col.attnum = u.attnum
+        where
+            c.contype = 'f' and
+            nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
+    ),
+
+    fk_with_attributes_grouped as (
+        select
+            constraint_name,
+            table_oid,
+            foreign_table_oid,
+            array_agg(attname::text || ', ' || attnotnull::text order by attposition) as columns
+        from fk_with_attributes
+        group by constraint_name, table_oid, foreign_table_oid
+    )
+
+select
+    c1.table_oid::regclass::text as table_name,
+    c1.constraint_name,
+    c1.columns,
+    c2.constraint_name as intersected_constraint_name,
+    c2.columns as intersected_constraint_columns
+from
+    fk_with_attributes_grouped c1
+    inner join fk_with_attributes_grouped c2
+        on c2.constraint_name > c1.constraint_name and -- to prevent duplicated rows in output
+        c2.table_oid = c1.table_oid and
+        c2.foreign_table_oid = c1.foreign_table_oid and
+        c2.columns && c1.columns -- arrays overlap/have any elements in common?
+where
+    c2.columns != c1.columns -- skip full duplicates
+order by table_name, c1.constraint_name, c2.constraint_name;

sql/intersected_indexes.sql

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ with
     )
 
 select
-    a.indrelid::regclass as table_name,
+    a.indrelid::regclass::text as table_name,
     a.info || '; ' || b.info as intersected_indexes
 from
     (select * from index_info) a
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ from
         (b.cols like a.cols || '%' and coalesce(substr(b.cols, length(a.cols) + 1, 1), ' ') = ' ')
     ) and
     a.pred = b.pred)
-order by a.indrelid::regclass::text;
+order by table_name, intersected_indexes;

sql/invalid_indexes.sql

@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
 -- Finds invalid indexes that might have appeared as a result of
 -- unsuccessful execution of the 'create index concurrently' command.
 select
-    x.indrelid::regclass as table_name,
-    x.indexrelid::regclass as index_name
+    x.indrelid::regclass::text as table_name,
+    x.indexrelid::regclass::text as index_name
 from
     pg_catalog.pg_index x
     inner join pg_catalog.pg_stat_all_indexes psai on psai.indexrelid = x.indexrelid
 where
     psai.schemaname = :schema_name_param::text and
-    x.indisvalid = false;
+    x.indisvalid = false
+order by table_name, index_name;

sql/non_primary_key_columns_with_serial_types.sql

@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ where
     /* column default value = nextval from owned sequence */
     pg_get_expr(ad.adbin, ad.adrelid) = 'nextval(''' || (pg_get_serial_sequence(col.attrelid::regclass::text, col.attname))::regclass || '''::regclass)' and
     nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
-order by t.oid::regclass::text, col.attname::text;
+order by table_name, column_name;

sql/primary_keys_with_serial_types.sql

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 -- See also https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Don't_Do_This#Don.27t_use_serial
 -- and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55300370/postgresql-serial-vs-identity
 select
-    col.attrelid::regclass as table_name,
-    col.attname as column_name,
+    col.attrelid::regclass::text as table_name,
+    col.attname::text as column_name,
     col.attnotnull as column_not_null,
     case col.atttypid
         when 'int'::regtype then 'serial'
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ where
     c.contype = 'p' and -- primary keys
     pg_get_expr(ad.adbin, ad.adrelid) = 'nextval(''' || pg_get_serial_sequence(col.attrelid::regclass::text, col.attname)::regclass || '''::regclass)' and
     nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
-order by t.oid::regclass::text, col.attname::text;
+order by table_name, column_name;

sql/sequence_overflow.sql

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ with
         from
             pg_sequence s
             inner join pg_class c on c.oid = s.seqrelid
-            left join pg_namespace n on n.oid = c.relnamespace
+            left join pg_namespace nsp on nsp.oid = c.relnamespace
         where
-            not pg_is_other_temp_schema(n.oid) and -- not temporary
+            not pg_is_other_temp_schema(nsp.oid) and -- not temporary
             c.relkind = 'S'::char and -- sequence object
             not s.seqcycle and -- skip cycle sequences
-            n.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
+            nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
     ),
 
     sequence_state as (

sql/tables_without_description.sql

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ where
     pc.relkind = 'r' and
     (obj_description(pc.oid) is null or length(trim(obj_description(pc.oid))) = 0) and
     nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
-order by pc.oid::regclass::text;
+order by table_name;

sql/tables_without_primary_key.sql

@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ where
         where c.contype = 'p'
     ) and
     nsp.nspname = :schema_name_param::text
-order by pc.oid::regclass::text;
+order by table_name;

sql/unused_indexes.sql

@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ where
     not i.indisunique and
     i.indexrelid not in (select * from foreign_key_indexes) and /* retain indexes on foreign keys */
     psui.idx_scan < 50::integer
-order by psui.relname, pg_relation_size(i.indexrelid) desc;
+order by table_name, pg_relation_size(i.indexrelid) desc;