On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:05:15AM -0500, Mike Blackwell wrote:
> How would one go about building a multi-column unique constraint where null
> is a significant value, eg. (1, NULL) <> (2, NULL)?
>
> I see a number of references to not being able to use an index for this,
> but no mention of an alternative. Any pointers would be appreciated
create unique index zzz on table ((column is null), coalesce(column,
'whatever'));
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