Add link to partial unique index from Constraints (5.3)

Started by Tomáš Greifabout 12 years ago3 messagesdocs
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#1Tomáš Greif
tomas.greif@collectionspro.eu

Hi,

would it be good idea to add new paragraph 5.3.7 to chapter 5.3
(Constraints) with at least information that there is something like
partial unique index and link to chapter 11.8 (Partial Indexes)?

Partial index can be used to enforce uniqueness in a way other constraints
cannot provide. Currently, it not easy to find this type of constraint as
not a lot of people would read through documentation on indexes when
looking for constraints.

Regards,

Tomas

#2Robert Haas
robertmhaas@gmail.com
In reply to: Tomáš Greif (#1)
Re: Add link to partial unique index from Constraints (5.3)

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Tomáš Greif
<tomas.greif@collectionspro.eu> wrote:

would it be good idea to add new paragraph 5.3.7 to chapter 5.3
(Constraints) with at least information that there is something like partial
unique index and link to chapter 11.8 (Partial Indexes)?

Partial index can be used to enforce uniqueness in a way other constraints
cannot provide. Currently, it not easy to find this type of constraint as
not a lot of people would read through documentation on indexes when looking
for constraints.

I think adding something to that chapter would be good.

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#3Bruce Momjian
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In reply to: Robert Haas (#2)
Re: Add link to partial unique index from Constraints (5.3)

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:18:22AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Tomáš Greif
<tomas.greif@collectionspro.eu> wrote:

would it be good idea to add new paragraph 5.3.7 to chapter 5.3
(Constraints) with at least information that there is something like partial
unique index and link to chapter 11.8 (Partial Indexes)?

Partial index can be used to enforce uniqueness in a way other constraints
cannot provide. Currently, it not easy to find this type of constraint as
not a lot of people would read through documentation on indexes when looking
for constraints.

I think adding something to that chapter would be good.

Attached patch applied, and backpatched to 9.4.

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