Re: Help with exclusion constraint

From: Moshe Jacobson <moshe(at)neadwerx(dot)com>
To: hari(dot)fuchs(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Help with exclusion constraint
Date: 2014-03-28 17:00:20
Message-ID: CAJ4CxL=0iDwJP8DoNpMdkYyE8enV_6wWdRL__3q96nzS2FqP_Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:45 PM, <hari(dot)fuchs(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> > I want to ensure that for any given value of fk_col that there is a
> maximum
> > of one row with bool_col = true.
>
> This should be what you want:
>
> ALTER TABLE exclusion_example
> ADD CONSTRAINT ex
> EXCLUDE (fk_col WITH =) WHERE (bool_col);

Yes, that would do the trick!
I think I'll just set up a partial unique index as per Igor's suggestion,
however.

Thank you!

Moshe Jacobson
Manager of Systems Engineering, Nead Werx Inc. <http://www.neadwerx.com>
2323 Cumberland Parkway · Suite 201 · Atlanta, GA 30339

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit." -- Aristotle

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