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Exclusion constraints

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Indexing & Constraints

Description

generalizes the concept of uniqueness to support any indexable commutative operator, not just equality

Selected version: PostgreSQL 18

Yes

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yaml · center · 1dd22bf9a7f3ec325b894e2836fda535a25529f246a94dd41d6abbfe9997f7fd

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