Re: set-level update fails with unique constraint violation

2009/12/31 neuhauser+pgsql-general#postgresql.org
<neuhauser+pgsql-general#postgresql(dot)org(at)sigpipe(dot)cz>:
> Hello,
>
> this fails with "duplicate key value":
>
>    CREATE TABLE x (
>      i INT NOT NULL UNIQUE
>    );
>    INSERT INTO x (i) VALUES (1), (2), (3);
>    UPDATE x SET i = i + 1;
>
> are there any plans to make this work?

Sure. 8.5 (current alpha release included) will let you do
i INT NOT NULL UNIQUE DEFERRABLE

which will make that work.

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