[DB-SIG] Portable method of determining which column wasn't unique?
Eugene V. Dvurechenski
jno@glasnet.ru
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:24:51 +0400
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 01:48:24PM -0600, Bob Gailer wrote:
> You could :
> select * from table where unique-column1 = proposed-new-value1
> select * from table where unique-column2 = proposed-new-value2
select count(*) from table where unique-column1 = proposed-new-value1
select count(*) from table where unique-column2 = proposed-new-value2
would be a bit more "portable" (or just handy).
it will return always integer non-null value.
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