[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Lane) writes: > > But you really shouldn't need the old tuple to know this since none > > of the columns present in the unique index are 'set' by the update? > > I.e. the 'not changing the unique key part' is not data dependent, > > it is guarantied by the form of the update statement. > > (a) that's even further upstream from the index AM, and (b) what about > BEFORE triggers that change the tuple contents? > > regards, tom lane
Ok, I rest my case. I obviously don't know enough of the postgres internals to suggest a usable solution for this problem. Thanks for your quick answers. _ Mats Lofkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]