[jira] Issue Comment Edited: (DERBY-2212) Add "Unique where not null" to create index

["Kathey Marsden (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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kmarsden edited comment on DERBY-2212 at 10/26/07 11:03 AM:
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I have not been following this conversation in detail but did  look at the functional spec. I did not feel particularly clear after reading it as to the incompatibilities that this change would introduce.  In the revised spec, could you give an example of an SQL statement that would cause a difference in behavior after the change?  Perhaps include  the proposed release note  so it is clear.

Thanks

Kathey



      was (Author: kmarsden):
    I have not been following this conversation in detail but did  look at the functional spec, but did feel particularly clear after reading it as to the incompatibilities that this change would introduce.  In the revised spec, could you give an example of an SQL statement that would cause a difference in behavior after the change.  Perhaps include  the proposed release note  so it is clear.

Thanks

Kathey


  
> Add "Unique where not null" to create index
> -------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DERBY-2212
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2212
>             Project: Derby
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: SQL
>    Affects Versions: 10.2.1.6
>            Reporter: Oleksandr Alesinskyy
>            Assignee: Anurag Shekhar
>         Attachments: derby-2212preview.diff, derby-2212preview2.diff, FunctionalSpec.html
>
>
> Derby prohibits creation of unique constraints on nullable colums (as well if only some columns in the constraint list are nullable) and treat nulls in unique indexes as normal values (i.e. only one row with null values in indexed columns may be inserted into the table). This bahavior is very restrictive, does not completely comply with SQL standards (both letter and intent) as well as with business needs and intending meaning of NULL values (2 null values are not considered as equal, this comparision shall return NULL, and for selection criteria boolean null is treated as FALSE).
> This behavior, as far as I can see, is modelled after DB2 (and differs from behavior of most other major databases, like SyBase, Oracle, etc.).
> But even DB2 provide some means to alleviate these restrictions, namely "UNIQUE WHERE NOT NULL" clause for CREATE INDEX statement.
> It will be very good if such "UNIQUE WHERE NOT NULL" clause will be introduced in Derby.
> Regards,
> Oleksandr Alesinskyy

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