AI Rumman wrote: > I got duplicate key violate error in the db log for the following query: > INSERT INTO tab1 ( SELECT '1611576', '1187865' WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM tab1 > WHERE id='1611576' AND id2='1187865' ) ) > > The error occured during production time. > But when I manually executed the query, it inserted one row with success and next time it inserted 0 > rows. > > \d tab1 > id int > id2 int > primary key (id,id2) > > So, any idea why the error occurred at production time. Concurrency? Session 1: CREATE TABLE tab1 ( id integer NOT NULL, id2 integer NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id, id2) ); START TRANSACTION; INSERT INTO tab1 (SELECT '1611576', '1187865' WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM tab1 WHERE id='1611576' AND id2='1187865') ); Session 2: START TRANSACTION; INSERT INTO tab1 (SELECT '1611576', '1187865' WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM tab1 WHERE id='1611576' AND id2='1187865') ); Session 1: COMMIT; Session 2: ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint "tab1_pkey" Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general