How could I specify a condition in 'CHECK' constraint for a column to
check that its value must only appear once in *some* rows of a table?
Sort of a local "UNIQUE"... For example, in CDs world:
create table tracks (
-- Unique track identifier
id serial primary key,
-- Which disk the track is from
disk_id int4 references disks (id),
-- Track number in a disk
track_number int2,
check (WHAT I WANT GOES HERE) );
I want to check values of `track_number' to be unique for the
disk. Basically, I want to check that an SQL query
select track_number from tracks T
where T.disk_id=disk_id and T.track_number=track_number;
is empty... Is it possible to run an SQL query in a condition clause?
I looked thru documentation, but couldn't find anything relevant.
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