diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml index 5f72e7d0735..6fbfdb9bda5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml @@ -702,6 +702,15 @@ CREATE INDEX test1_lower_col1_idx ON test1 (lower(col1)); + + Expression indexes also allow control over the scope of unique indexes. + For example, this unique index prevents duplicate integer values from + being stored in a double precision-typed column: + +CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test1_uniq_int ON tests ((floor(double_col))) + + + If we were to declare this index UNIQUE, it would prevent creation of rows whose col1 values differ only in case, @@ -941,6 +950,16 @@ CREATE UNIQUE INDEX tests_success_constraint ON tests (subject, target) This is a particularly efficient approach when there are few successful tests and many unsuccessful ones. + + + This index allows only one null in the indexed column by using a + partial index clause to process only null column values, and using + an expression index clause to index true instead + of null: + +CREATE UNIQUE INDEX tests_target_one_null ON tests ((target IS NULL)) WHERE target IS NULL; + +