Re: Why the ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "master_pkey" is raised? - Is this a Bug?

Probably you are using a sequence, and if so you need to update the value of sequence prior to update:

SELECT setval('master_m1_seq',((SELECT id_m1 FROM master ORDER BY 1 DESC LIMIT 1)+1));
----- Original Message -----
From: Anoo Sivadasan Pillai
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Anoo Sivadasan Pillai
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 3:20 AM
Subject: [GENERAL] Why the ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "master_pkey" is raised? - Is this a Bug?

I am using "PostgreSQL 8.2.4 on i686-pc-mingw32, compiled by GCC gcc.exe (GCC) 3.4.2 (mingw-special)" on Windows 2003 server

While I am trying to update a prmary key It is failing with the following message "ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "master_pkey" "

Can anybody explain why this happens so? Sending the script that I tried.

CREATE TABLE master ( m1 INT primary key , m2 VARCHAR(100)) ;

INSERT INTO master VALUES ( 1, 'm1' ) ;

INSERT INTO master VALUES ( 2, 'm2' ) ;

UPDATE master SET m1 = m1 + 1;

Update fails with the message - ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "master_pkey"

If I insert data in the reverse order it is making no problem. Is this a Bug ?

I tried ,

TRUNCATE TABLE master;

INSERT INTO master VALUES ( 3, 'm3' ) ;

INSERT INTO master VALUES ( 2, 'm2' ) ;

UPDATE master SET m1 = m1 + 1;

It works perfectly.

Anoo S

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