Bryce Nesbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a table with the following:
>     "eg_vehicle_event_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (event_id)
>     "no_duplicate_events" UNIQUE, btree (thing, other_thing,
> "timestamp", number, other_number)

> The "no_duplicate_events" constraint works fine, but if I insert records
> where
> "other_thing" is null, they all go in without complaint. I can insert as
> many duplicates as I want.

This is per SQL spec.  You're imagining that two nulls are considered
equal, which they are not.

                        regards, tom lane

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