Re: Problems with unique constraints

From: Erik Wienhold <ewie(at)ewie(dot)name>
To: Massimo Ortensi <mortensi(at)unimaticaspa(dot)it>, pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Problems with unique constraints
Date: 2023-01-26 10:56:19
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> On 26/01/2023 11:11 CET Massimo Ortensi <mortensi(at)unimaticaspa(dot)it> wrote:
>
> I had troubles with some unique constraints recently.
>
> They simply didn't work, not seeing some records (select found only 47
> records with specific values instead of 65, insert could create
> duplicate records).
>
> The constraint were on multiple columns. Drop constraint and create
> constraint fixed the problem.
>
> This happened on two servers :
>
> - a version 10 server,  where an abnormal poweroff happened 6 months
> ago, found 3 tables with the problem throughout last 6 months.
>
> - a test server, found the problem on 1 table after upgrading version 10
> to 14
>
> Anythng similar happened to anybody ?
> How can I find out if similar problems are present ? constraint and
> index looked ok and were used

Are the indexes on string types? Changes to the locale data is one cause:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/328626.1647362495@sss.pgh.pa.us

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Erik

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