Re: small exclusion constraints patch

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Marko Tiikkaja <marko(dot)tiikkaja(at)cs(dot)helsinki(dot)fi>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: small exclusion constraints patch
Date: 2010-05-30 14:01:46
Message-ID: 5141.1275228106@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Marko Tiikkaja <marko(dot)tiikkaja(at)cs(dot)helsinki(dot)fi> writes:
> On 2010-05-30 06:55 +0300, Robert Haas wrote:
>> I've often wished for the ability to constrain a tale to hold just one
>> row, so I don't find that use case implausible at all.

> As I pointed out in
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-05/msg01177.php , you
> can already do that.

Yes. This is NOT about constraining a table to hold only one row.
It's about requiring all its rows to hold the same value (in some
column(s)), without predetermining exactly which value that will be.
I think the use-case for that is really extremely narrow.

regards, tom lane

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