Re: [GENERAL] repost: unique composite index with boolean fields

From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck(at)rinet(dot)ru>
To: Herouth Maoz <herouth(at)oumail(dot)openu(dot)ac(dot)il>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] repost: unique composite index with boolean fields
Date: 1999-08-11 15:32:42
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.05.9908111930410.24849-100000@woozle.rinet.ru
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On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Herouth Maoz wrote:

HM> > Could anybody advise me how can I create composite index for table when
HM> > one of key fields is of boolean type?
HM>
HM> Which version of PostgreSQL do you have? I'm not sure about 6.5, but in
HM> 6.4.2 type "bool" was not indexable.

Well, at least when I use 'char_ops' as a comparator, index HAS been
created and SEEMS to be workable -- but i've got no time to test it
thoroughly...

Just to remind: my solution was
'create unique index t_idx on t (intfield, boolfield char_ops);'

Sincerely,
D.Marck [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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