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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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To: Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>
Subject: Re: Constraint problem
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Stephan,
> > I don't seem to be able to create a UNIQUE constraint as DEFERRABLE.  I=
s=20
this
> > not supported?
>=20
> Not currently.

Hmm ... my workaround didn't work.   I need to impose a unique constraint o=
n=20
an INT column in a table, but make sure that the constraint isn't checked=
=20
until the end of an UPDATE statement, so that I can swap values when I need=
=20
to.

How can I do this?

--=20
-Josh Berkus

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