"Fabre Lambeau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I then tried to add a new record, duplicating another one with both > contact_validity and contact_principal being 'true' (I changed the > contact_id, obviously, to avoid duplicate entries in primary key). > PostgreSQL let me insert it, without raising an error, although the function > is_principalcontact_unique(actor_id, contacttype_id) now returns 'false' > Any idea why it is so?
Because the constraint is checked before the row is actually inserted. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly