Re: index unique - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter J. Holzer
Subject Re: index unique
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Msg-id 20210607065501.GA17125@hjp.at
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In response to index unique  (Marc Millas <marc.millas@mokadb.com>)
Responses Re: index unique  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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On 2021-06-03 22:51:55 +0200, Marc Millas wrote:
> postgres 12 with postgis.
> on a table we need a primary key and to get a unique combinaison, we need 3
> columns of that table:
> 1 of type integer,
> 1 of type text,
> 1 of type geometry
>
> creating the PK constraint doesn work:

I find that if a natural primary key candidate is so complex, it is
usually better to use a surrogate key.

        hp

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