Re: Unique constraint and NULL values
From: Frank Piron <empty_at_zero.nil>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:50:42 +0200
Message-ID: <opsf9x2siim0et4w_at_news.online.de>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:50:42 +0200
Message-ID: <opsf9x2siim0et4w_at_news.online.de>
Am Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:33:52 -0500 schrieb Turkbear
<john.g_at_dot.spamfree.com>:
> It can get almost metaphysical, but:
> Identifying a column which has an undeterminable value ( NULL) is not
> the same as identifying that value, so being able to
> consider that column unique ( that is , it is the only one with the
> undeterminable value) is not a problem.
>
The difference you point to is clear for me. But i did not find a real world example for a column which is unique in a table and at most one row with a NULL value for this column should be allowed.
-- Frank Piron, etfrankatkonaddotn (leftrotate two)Received on Fri Oct 22 2004 - 15:50:42 CEST