mirror of
https://github.com/postgres/postgres.git
synced 2025-05-05 09:19:17 +03:00
doc: add examples of creative use of unique expression indexes
Unique expression indexes can constrain data in creative ways, so show two examples. Reported-by: Tuomas Leikola Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/156760275564.1127.12321702656456074572@wrigleys.postgresql.org Backpatch-through: 9.4
This commit is contained in:
parent
df189f353f
commit
6f53e66bec
@ -710,6 +710,15 @@ CREATE INDEX test1_lower_col1_idx ON test1 (lower(col1));
|
|||||||
</programlisting>
|
</programlisting>
|
||||||
</para>
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
Expression indexes also allow control over the scope of unique indexes.
|
||||||
|
For example, this unique index prevents duplicate integer values from
|
||||||
|
being stored in a <type>double precision</type>-typed column:
|
||||||
|
<programlisting>
|
||||||
|
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test1_uniq_int ON tests ((floor(double_col)))
|
||||||
|
</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>
|
<para>
|
||||||
If we were to declare this index <literal>UNIQUE</>, it would prevent
|
If we were to declare this index <literal>UNIQUE</>, it would prevent
|
||||||
creation of rows whose <literal>col1</> values differ only in case,
|
creation of rows whose <literal>col1</> values differ only in case,
|
||||||
@ -949,6 +958,16 @@ CREATE UNIQUE INDEX tests_success_constraint ON tests (subject, target)
|
|||||||
This is a particularly efficient approach when there are few
|
This is a particularly efficient approach when there are few
|
||||||
successful tests and many unsuccessful ones.
|
successful tests and many unsuccessful ones.
|
||||||
</para>
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
This index allows only one null in the indexed column by using a
|
||||||
|
partial index clause to process only null column values, and using
|
||||||
|
an expression index clause to index <literal>true</literal> instead
|
||||||
|
of <literal>null</literal>:
|
||||||
|
<programlisting>
|
||||||
|
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX tests_target_one_null ON tests ((target IS NULL)) WHERE target IS NULL;
|
||||||
|
</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
</example>
|
</example>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
Loading…
x
Reference in New Issue
Block a user