Re: uniqueness not always correct

This is Vadim's comment on the bug.

> Frank Cusack wrote:
> >
> > Solaris 2.6/sparc; postgres 6.5.1
> >
> > dns=> create table test (zone int4, net cidr, unique(zone, net));
> > NOTICE: CREATE TABLE/UNIQUE will create implicit index 'test_zone_key' for table 'test'
> > CREATE
> > dns=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '1.2.3/24');
> > INSERT 21750 1
> > dns=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '2.3.4/24');
> > INSERT 21751 1
> > dns=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '1.2.3/24');
> > INSERT 21752 1
> > dns=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '2.3.4/24');
> > ERROR: Cannot insert a duplicate key into a unique index
>
> Yes, I reproduced this (Solaris 2.5/sparc).
> Seems like CIDR problem(??!):
>
> ais=> create table test (zone int4, net int4, unique(zone, net));
> ^^^^
> NOTICE: CREATE TABLE/UNIQUE will create implicit index 'test_zone_key' for table 'test'
> CREATE
> ais=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, 1);
> INSERT 7712479 1
> ais=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, 2);
> INSERT 7712480 1
> ais=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, 1);
> ERROR: Cannot insert a duplicate key into a unique index
>
> Vadim
>
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