Re: unique constraint - bug?

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: mikeo <mikeo(at)spectrumtelecorp(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: unique constraint - bug?
Date: 2000-07-20 15:10:54
Message-ID: 3.0.5.32.20000721011054.025824e0@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 10:56 20/07/00 -0400, mikeo wrote:
>in oracle 8.1.6:
>
>i'd say that it finds 1,null,3 equal the 2nd time around...
>

Ditto for Dec/Rdb.
Ditto for SQL/Server 7.

They both also object to null values in the primary key, FWIW: SQL/Server
won't let a field be part of a PK unless it is set 'Not Null', and Dec/Rdb
causes a constraint failure when a NULL value is inserted.

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