Re: Correction - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Correction
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Msg-id 1737957.1658691557@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Correction  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> "If you declare a column as UNIQUE or PRIMARY KEY, the implicitly generated
> index is case-sensitive. So it's useless for case-insensitive searches, and
> it won't enforce uniqueness case-insensitively."

> I think the statement above is not correct. I tried creating a PK or unique
> key index on a CITEXT column. It checks uniqueness in case-insensitivity.

That paragraph is talking about what happens when you *don't* use citext.

            regards, tom lane



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