BUG #1811: unique index problem - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From George Jansen
Subject BUG #1811: unique index problem
Date
Msg-id 20050805200451.957BFF0B15@svr2.postgresql.org
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Responses Re: BUG #1811: unique index problem  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      1811
Logged by:          George Jansen
Email address:      gjansen@aflcio.org
PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3
Operating system:   RedHat  ES 4
Description:        unique index problem
Details:

Importing a database in preparation for a Lyris cutover, I received an error
creating a unique index. In psql I checked the table:

lyris=# CREATE UNIQUE INDEX ix_uniquewords_word ON uniquewords_ USING btree
(word_);
ERROR:  could not create unique index
DETAIL:  Table contains duplicated values.
lyris=# SELECT word_, Count(*)
lyris-# FROM uniquewords_
lyris-# GROUP BY word_
lyris-# HAVING Count(*) > 1;
 word_ | count
-------+-------
(0 rows)

lyris=#


Then I listed the words out in order to a text file
and ran


-bash-3.00$ uniq -c uwords | grep -v "^ *1"
      2  avendano
      2  espanol
-bash-3.00$

Both old and new databases use SQL_ASCII. Is this a bug?

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