Postgres: How to do Composite keys?

Question

I cannot understand the syntax error in creating a composite key. It may be a logic error, because I have tested many varieties.

How do you create composite

Answer 1

The error you are getting is in line 3. i.e. it is not in

CONSTRAINT no_duplicate_tag UNIQUE (question_id, tag_id)

but earlier:

CREATE TABLE tags
     (
              (question_id, tag_id) NOT NULL,

Correct table definition is like pilcrow showed.

And if you want to add unique on tag1, tag2, tag3 (which sounds very suspicious), then the syntax is:

CREATE TABLE tags (
    question_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    tag_id SERIAL NOT NULL,
    tag1 VARCHAR(20),
    tag2 VARCHAR(20),
    tag3 VARCHAR(20),
    PRIMARY KEY(question_id, tag_id),
    UNIQUE (tag1, tag2, tag3)
);

or, if you want to have the constraint named according to your wish:

CREATE TABLE tags (
    question_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    tag_id SERIAL NOT NULL,
    tag1 VARCHAR(20),
    tag2 VARCHAR(20),
    tag3 VARCHAR(20),
    PRIMARY KEY(question_id, tag_id),
    CONSTRAINT some_name UNIQUE (tag1, tag2, tag3)
);