Re: False unique constraint violation (exception block)

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_table0_unique
ON table0 ( field0, coalesce ( field1, 'INDEX_COLUMN_NULL' ) );

I created function for insert only unique record (part of code):

BEGIN
    INSERT INTO table0 ( field0, field1 ) VALUES ( p_field0, p_field1 ) RETURNING id INTO v_table0_id;
EXCEPTION WHEN unique_violation THEN
    SELECT id FROM table0 WHERE field0 = p_field0 AND field1 = p_field1;
END;

I use this function for add data to table and sometimes I getting false unique violation (in block above). Why?