I can confirm this is fixed in the current source tree, to be released
as 7.1 in a few months:
test=> create table test (zone int4, net cidr, unique(zone, net));
NOTICE: CREATE TABLE/UNIQUE will create implicit index 'test_zone_key'
for table 'test'
CREATE
test=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '1.2.3/24');
INSERT 19822 1
test=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '2.3.4/24');
INSERT 19823 1
test=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '1.2.3/24');
ERROR: Cannot insert a duplicate key into unique index test_zone_key
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
test=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '2.3.4/24');
ERROR: Cannot insert a duplicate key into unique index test_zone_key
test=>
> Solaris 2.6/sparc; postgres 6.5.1
>
> dns=> create table test (zone int4, net cidr, unique(zone, net));
> NOTICE: CREATE TABLE/UNIQUE will create implicit index 'test_zone_key' for table 'test'
> CREATE
> dns=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '1.2.3/24');
> INSERT 21750 1
> dns=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '2.3.4/24');
> INSERT 21751 1
> dns=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '1.2.3/24');
> INSERT 21752 1
> dns=> insert into test (zone, net) values (1, '2.3.4/24');
> ERROR: Cannot insert a duplicate key into a unique index
> dns=> select * from test;
> zone|net
> - ----+--------
> 1|1.2.3/24
> 1|2.3.4/24
> 1|1.2.3/24
> (3 rows)
>
>
> Once a unique error is reported, uniqueness seems to be maintained.
> Also, if you enter 4 values, then try a duplicate, it all works.
>
> The threshold seems to be 3.
>
> A select before the duplicate add also seems to fix it.
>
> ~f
>
>
>
> ************
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