-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/18/06 21:19, brian wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 09/18/06 19:25, Jeff Davis wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 19:47 -0300, vtaquette@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to create a table with a PRIMARY KEY. The CREATE >>>> statement looks >>>> like this: >>>> >>>> CREATE TABLE "projects" ( >>>> "project_id" serial, >>>> "username" varchar(30) NOT NULL default '', >>>> "project_name" varchar(30) NOT NULL default '', >>>> PRIMARY KEY ("project_id") >>>> ) ; >>>> >>>> The problem is that sometimes, I would say 1 in 10 tries, when I use >>>> a INSERT >>>> command I get the following error: >>>> >>>> "duplicate key violates unique constraint" >>>> >>>> The INSERT query is that: >>>> "INSERT INTO projects (\"project_name\", \"username\") VALUES >>>> ('$project_name', >>>> '$username')"; >>>> >>> >>> That INSERT statement will not cause a unique constraint violation. Are >>> you sure that is the statement causing the problem? Are there any rules >>> or triggers that may modify the behavior of that INSERT? >> >> >> If there already are records in the table, sure it would. >> >> ... >> >> dupe_filenames=# insert into projects (project_id, username ) >> dupe_filenames-# values (1, 'foo'); >> INSERT 0 1 >> dupe_filenames=# insert into projects (project_id, username ) >> dupe_filenames-# values (2, 'bar'); >> INSERT 0 1 >> >> ... >> >> dupe_filenames=# insert into projects (project_id, username ) >> dupe_filenames-# values (1, 'foo'); >> ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "projects_pkey" >> >> > > If you insert a project_id, yes. The original query from vtaquette does > not. Ah, darn it. Gotta get those glasses. Still, though... # select * from projects; project_id | username | project_name - ------------+----------+-------------- 1 | foo | 2 | bar | (2 rows) dupe_filenames=# insert into projects (project_name, username ) dupe_filenames-# values ('foo', 'bar'); ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "projects_pkey" - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFD1c5S9HxQb37XmcRAl5zAKC3wxSPwaFhGO58stMhryhrsKgFdwCg5729 gZTe/3iYcJO7aLY2IyixoUw= =riVP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----