Re: multiple UNIQUE indices for FK - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Rafal Pietrak
Subject Re: multiple UNIQUE indices for FK
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Msg-id 56D53EEF.1050201@ztk-rp.eu
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In response to Re: multiple UNIQUE indices for FK  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: multiple UNIQUE indices for FK  (Igor Neyman <ineyman@perceptron.com>)
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W dniu 28.02.2016 o 03:35, David G. Johnston pisze:
>     W dniu 23.02.2016 o 09:39, Rafal Pietrak pisze:
>     > Can anybody suggest any other way out of this mass?
>
>
> ​The only thought that sticks while reading your prose is:​
>
> ​message ----> message-person <---- person​
>
>
> ​message-person (message_id, person_id, relationship_type[sender, receiver])


It just occured to me: how do I make sure (e.g. force within a database)
with the above structure, that a message can have *only  one* sender?
but, allow for multiple recepients?

-R


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