The following list names the general validation types and gives examples of specific violations:
Empty Content Validation
A table with no columns
A routine or view with no SQL code defined
A routine group containing no routines
A table, view, or routine not referenced by at least one role
A user with no privileges
Objects such as tables that do not appear on at least one EER Diagram
Table Efficiency Validation
A table with no primary key
A primary key that does not use an integer-based data type
A foreign key that refers to a column with a different data type
Duplicated Identifiers Validation
Duplicate object names
Duplicate role or user names
Duplicate index or routine names
Consistency Validation
Use of the same column with columns of differing data types
Logic Validation
A foreign key that refers to a column other than the primary key in the source table
Any object that is object is either read only or write only by role definition
Placeholder objects left over from reverse engineering