Garry Saddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:

> How would I write a table check constraint to make sure that two columns 
> don't 
> both have nulls at the same time.
> The following doesn't do it because it because it does not allow one column 
> to 
> be null while the other holds data?
> 
> check(teachgroup is not null AND set is not null)

test=# create table not_null (a int, b int, check((a is not null) or (b is not 
null)));
CREATE TABLE
test=*# insert into not_null values (1,1);
INSERT 0 1
test=*# insert into not_null values (1,NULL);
INSERT 0 1
test=*# insert into not_null values (null,2);
INSERT 0 1
test=*# insert into not_null values (null,null);
ERROR:  new row for relation "not_null" violates check constraint 
"not_null_check"


Regards, Andreas
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