Re: What does count(*) count?

Tom Lane wrote:
> =?iso-8859-1?Q?Egy=FCd_Csaba?= <csegyud(at)vnet(dot)hu> writes:
> > I've got it, but I don't know the reason of it.
> > In the database table the records have duplicated and I've two rows for
> > every primary key - with different OIDs.
>
> Sure sounds like a child table to me.
>
> > Is there any safe method to get rid of only one of each duplicated row?
>
> Drop the child table.

This does illustrate an unusual case where a unique index does not
guarantee unique rows from a table:

test=> CREATE TABLE t1 (x INT);
CREATE TABLE
test=> CREATE UNIQUE INDEX ii ON t1(x);
CREATE INDEX
test=> CREATE TABLE t2 (y INT) inherits (t1);
CREATE TABLE
test=> INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1);
INSERT 17389 1
test=> INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1,2);
INSERT 17390 1
test=> SELECT * FROM t1;
x
---
1
1
(2 rows)

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