Re: Problem when adding an existing primary key

Ricardo,

> When I try to insert via application a registry that already exists
> Postgres shows an error  "Unable to insert duplicate primary key on index
> 'index' ". I think it's an error, because I would treat this error, just
> like others.

You're getting that message becuase you are trying to insert a value into t=
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PK column which is a duplicate of a value already present.  This is not=20
permitted ... definitionally, primary keys must be unique.

In other words, the above is a valid error message being sent to you becaus=
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you violated a table constraint.

If there is more to the story than that, I suggest that you post your probl=
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to the PGSQL-NOVICE mailing list, where other users will help you fix your=
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queries.  For that matter, I believe that there are other Brazillians on so=
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of the other mailing lists (you could try PGSQL-GENERAL as well), which wou=
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spare you the pain of translating your questions.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco