Re: [SQL] Multi-Column Constraints and Null Values

2006-04-30 Thread Tornroth, Phill
lay with this a bit to understand how it works. Thanks for the tips! Phill -Original Message- From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 4/29/2006 3:02 PM To: Bruno Wolff III Cc: Jeff Frost; Tornroth, Phill; pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [SQL] Multi-Column Constraints

Re: [SQL] Multi-Column Constraints and Null Values

2006-04-29 Thread Tom Lane
Bruno Wolff III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > To block multiple entries where one of the columns is null he needs to > add extra checks. One way to do this is to add a partial index for each column > with the condition that the other column IS NULL. This will cover everything > but the case where b

Re: [SQL] Multi-Column Constraints and Null Values

2006-04-29 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 13:14:36 -0700, Jeff Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Phillip Tornroth wrote: > > >I have a problem in a number of my tables. I'd like to add uniqueness > >constraints across multiple columns, but some of the columns are nullable. > >This gives me

Re: [SQL] Multi-Column Constraints and Null Values

2006-04-29 Thread Jeff Frost
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Phillip Tornroth wrote: I have a problem in a number of my tables. I'd like to add uniqueness constraints across multiple columns, but some of the columns are nullable. This gives me trouble since when I create a constraint on columns A and B.. I'd like the constraint to b

[SQL] Multi-Column Constraints and Null Values

2006-04-29 Thread Phillip Tornroth
I have a problem in a number of my tables. I'd like to add uniqueness constraints across multiple columns, but some of the columns are nullable. This gives me trouble since when I create a constraint on columns A and B.. I'd like the constraint to be enforced such that you couldn't insert v