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To: Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: Howto have a unique restraint on UPPER (textfield) 
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Comments: In-reply-to Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net> writes:
> So I had the missconception that UNIQUE (...) within CREATE TABLE (...) 
> was actually just an shorter way to define a unique index which it is not.

Well, it is that --- it just doesn't provide access to all the features
that CREATE INDEX does.

			regards, tom lane