Re: Update violating constraint

Naz Gassiep wrote:
> Hi,
>     I'm trying to do an update on a table that has a unique constraint
> on the field, I need to update the table by setting field = field+1
> however if this does not perform the updates on the table in a proper
> order (from last to first) then the update will cause a violation of the
> index *during* the update even though the table would be consistent
> after the update completes. So the update fails. How do I get around
> this without removing the constraint?

I think you're looking for deferrable constraints; see:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-set-constraints.html

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