Re: no dup rows - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: no dup rows
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Msg-id 200408022101.44412.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to no dup rows  (Jodi Kanter <jkanter@virginia.edu>)
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Jodi Kanter wrote:
> I have a linking table that has only two fields in it and both are
> foreign keys to other tables. I'd like to ensure that there are never
> any duplicate rows in this table. I was planning on creating a
> multi-column unique index to satisfy this requirement. Is there a
> more appropriate way to accomplish this or am I on the right track?>

In "linking tables" you should usually make the entire set of columns
the primary key.  This would solve your problem.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/


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