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+   Indexes can also be used to enforce uniqueness of a column's value,
+   or the uniqueness of the combined values of more than one column.
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> ON <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em> (<em class="replaceable"><code>column</code></em> [<span class="optional">, ...</span>]) [<span class="optional"> NULLS [<span class="optional"> NOT </span>] DISTINCT </span>];
+</pre><p>
+   Currently, only B-tree indexes can be declared unique.
+  </p><p>
+   When an index is declared unique, multiple table rows with equal
+   indexed values are not allowed.  By default, null values in a unique column
+   are not considered equal, allowing multiple nulls in the column.  The
+   <code class="literal">NULLS NOT DISTINCT</code> option modifies this and causes the
+   index to treat nulls as equal.  A multicolumn unique index will only reject
+   cases where all indexed columns are equal in multiple rows.
+  </p><p>
+   <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> automatically creates a unique
+   index when a unique constraint or primary key is defined for a table.
+   The index covers the columns that make up the primary key or unique
+   constraint (a multicolumn index, if appropriate), and is the mechanism
+   that enforces the constraint.
+  </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
+    There's no need to manually
+    create indexes on unique columns; doing so would just duplicate
+    the automatically-created index.
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