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"miker" <mdent12_at_none.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:39:39 -0000, Norman Dunbar
> <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >I must be missing the point here :
> >
> >id A,B,C are unique then surely A,B,C,D *must* also be unique if the
> >columns are in that order.
>
> Record 1 ABCD = X 1 Y 2
> Record 2 ABCD = X 1 Y 3
>
> ABCD is unique but ABC is not. If you put a unique index on ABCD then
> you do not enforce ABC uniqueness. I think the guy wants to enforce
> unique constrant AND speed up retrieval of ABCD record.
It does enforce the constraint.
SQL> select * from unique_demo;
COL1 COL2 COL3 COL4 -------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- x 1 y 2 x 1 y 3
SQL> create unique index idx on unique_demo(col1,col2,col3); create unique index idx on unique_demo(col1,col2,col3)
*
Like Norman I can't for the life of me see the point of adding col4 as the statement is that the first three columns are unique. Unless I have misread the OP of course.
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