diff --git a/columns/integer_usage.py b/columns/integer_usage.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import psycopg2
+import sys
+from optparse import OptionParser
+from time import sleep
+
+parser = OptionParser()
+parser.add_option("-d", "--database", dest="dbname",
+                  help="database to scanned (required)", metavar="DBNAME")
+parser.add_option("-m", "--minimum", dest="minimum",
+                    help="minimum percent used", metavar="PERCENT",
+                    default="0")
+parser.add_option("-U", "--user", dest="dbuser",
+                  help="database user", metavar="USERNAME",
+                  default="")
+parser.add_option("-H", "--host", dest="dbhost",
+                  help="database host system", metavar="HOST",
+                  default="")
+parser.add_option("-p", "--port", dest="dbport",
+                  help="database port", metavar="PORT",
+                  default="")
+parser.add_option("-w", "--password", dest="dbpass",
+                  help="database password", metavar="PWD",
+                  default="")
+
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+def dq(val):
+    return '"' + val + '"'
+
+if options.dbname:
+    connect_string ="dbname=%s " % options.dbname
+else:
+    print "ERROR: a target database is required."
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+if options.dbhost:
+    connect_string += " host=%s " % options.dbhost
+
+if options.dbuser:
+    connect_string += " user=%s " % options.dbuser
+
+if options.dbpass:
+    connect_string += " password=%s " % options.dbpass
+
+if options.dbport:
+    connect_string += " port=%s " % options.dbport
+
+conn = psycopg2.connect( connect_string )
+cur = conn.cursor()
+
+# get a list of all integer fields with a key constraint on them
+# or with an attached sequence
+
+cur.execute("""SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name, data_type,
+        2::numeric ^ ( numeric_precision - 1 ) AS maxnum
+    FROM information_schema.columns
+        JOIN information_schema.key_column_usage USING ( table_schema, table_name, column_name )
+    WHERE data_type IN ( 'bigint', 'integer' )
+        AND key_column_usage.ordinal_position = 1
+    UNION
+    SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name, data_type,
+        2::numeric ^ ( numeric_precision - 1 ) AS maxnum
+    FROM information_schema.columns
+    WHERE column_default ILIKE '%nextval%'
+    ORDER BY table_schema, table_name, column_name""")
+collist = cur.fetchall()
+
+retval = 0
+rest = False
+if len(collist) > 25:
+    rest = True
+# for each, fetch the current maximum value
+for col in collist:
+
+    if rest:
+        sleep(.2)
+
+    cur.execute("""SELECT max("%s") FROM "%s"."%s" """ % (col[2], col[0], col[1],))
+    maxval = cur.fetchone()
+
+    if maxval[0] and col[4]:
+
+        pctused = (maxval[0]*100.0)/float(col[4])
+
+        if  pctused >= float(options.minimum):
+            print "Column '%s' Table '%s.%s' is %3.1f%% used" % (col[2],col[0],col[1],pctused,)
+            retval = 1
+
+sys.exit(retval)