On Wed, 2020-05-13 at 09:10 -0500, JORGE MALDONADO wrote:
> What I meant was "CONSTRAINT". I understand that, in PostgreSQL, I can define "UNIQUE INDEX"
> and "UNIQUE CONSTRAINT" and that a "UNIQUE CONSTRAINT" creates a "UNIQUE INDEX" behind the scenes.
>
> So my question is:
> Can a "UNIQUE CONSTRAINT" be used instead of a "UNIQUE INDEX"?
>
> I searched the web for an answer and found that expressions like LEAST and GREATEST are
> not allowed in a UNIQUE CONSTRAINT but they can be used in a UNIQUE INDEX. I also tested
> directly in a table and I could verify it. So, a UNIQUE INDEX is the choice to include
> LEAST and GREATEST.
You got it.
A unique constraint can only be defined on columns, not on expressions.
But unique indexes can have an expression as key.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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