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Richard Huxton wrote:
> Alban Hertroys wrote:
>> 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 
> 
>> I think you're looking for deferrable constraints; see:
>>
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-set-constraints.html
> 
> Which won't work with unique constraints unfortunately. That's because
> they're implemented through a unique index.

I appreciate the complexities involved, but that really ought to work on
a single statement. I recall seeing something along these lines on the
TODO list some time ago?

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