From: | "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: uniqueness constraint with NULLs |
Date: | 2009-06-29 08:02:32 |
Message-ID: | 20090629080232.GF24737@a-kretschmer.de |
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In response to Robert Edwards :
> A. Kretschmer wrote:
> >In response to Robert Edwards :
> >>Can anyone suggest a way that I can impose uniqueness on a and b when
> >>c is NULL?
> >
> >Sure, use a functional index:
> >
> >test=# create table bobtest (a int, b int, c int);
> >CREATE TABLE
> >test=*# create unique index idx_bobtest on
> >bobtest(a,b,coalesce(c::text,'NULL'));
> >CREATE INDEX
> >test=*# insert into bobtest (a, b) values (1, 4);
> >INSERT 0 1
> >test=*# insert into bobtest (a, b, c) values (1, 4, NULL);
> >ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint "idx_bobtest"
> >test=!#
> >
> >
> >Regards, Andreas
>
> Beautiful!
Btw:
if your data doesn't contains 0 or negative, you can use coalesce(c,0)
or coalesce(c,-1). It would be better for searching.
Andreas
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