Re: Add link to partial unique index from Constraints (5.3)

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tomáš Greif <tomas(dot)greif(at)collectionspro(dot)eu>, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Add link to partial unique index from Constraints (5.3)
Date: 2014-09-03 18:33:41
Message-ID: 20140903183341.GA13008@momjian.us
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:18:22AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Tomáš Greif
> <tomas(dot)greif(at)collectionspro(dot)eu> wrote:
> > would it be good idea to add new paragraph 5.3.7 to chapter 5.3
> > (Constraints) with at least information that there is something like partial
> > unique index and link to chapter 11.8 (Partial Indexes)?
> >
> > Partial index can be used to enforce uniqueness in a way other constraints
> > cannot provide. Currently, it not easy to find this type of constraint as
> > not a lot of people would read through documentation on indexes when looking
> > for constraints.
>
> I think adding something to that chapter would be good.

Attached patch applied, and backpatched to 9.4.

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