Re: Constraint question

From: Markus Schaber <schabi(at)logix-tt(dot)com>
To: Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak(at)officenet(dot)no>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Constraint question
Date: 2006-05-18 16:38:25
Message-ID: 446CA301.20305@logix-tt.com
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Hi, Andreas,

Andreas Joseph Krogh wrote:

> create table onp_crm_businessfield_company(
> businessfield_id integer not null references onp_crm_businessfield(id),
> company_id integer not null references onp_crm_relation(id),
> is_preferred boolean,
> UNIQUE(businessfield_id, company_id)
> );

> I want a constraint on "is_preffered" so that it's only allowed to be set once
> pr. businessfield_id pr. company so that only one businessfield can be
> preferred for a company. Does anyone have an idea how to enforce this?

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX foo ON onp_crm_businessfield_company(company_id)
WHERE is_prefferred;

HTH,
Markus

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