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* UNIQUE, btree index allows duplicate records, if some fields are null
@ 2006-02-09 19:38 Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>
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From: Bryce Nesbitt @ 2006-02-09 19:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
This threw me for a loop. Is this my fault, or a
problem in postgres?
I have a table with the following:
"eg_vehicle_event_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (event_id)
"no_duplicate_events" UNIQUE, btree (thing, other_thing,
"timestamp", number, other_number)
The "no_duplicate_events" constraint works fine, but if I insert records
where
"other_thing" is null, they all go in without complaint. I can insert as
many duplicates as I want.
I had expected two records, identical in all respects including the
null value, to be rejected by the constraint.
This is with:
PostgreSQL 7.4.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.2.3
20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-20)
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* Re: UNIQUE, btree index allows duplicate records, if some fields are null
@ 2006-02-09 19:59 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
parent: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>
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From: Tom Lane @ 2006-02-09 19:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com> writes:
> I have a table with the following:
> "eg_vehicle_event_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (event_id)
> "no_duplicate_events" UNIQUE, btree (thing, other_thing,
> "timestamp", number, other_number)
> The "no_duplicate_events" constraint works fine, but if I insert records
> where
> "other_thing" is null, they all go in without complaint. I can insert as
> many duplicates as I want.
This is per SQL spec. You're imagining that two nulls are considered
equal, which they are not.
regards, tom lane
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