postgresql: constaint to have unique values across 2 tables - postgresql

Question

I have 2 tables:
CREATE TABLE public."user"
(
id integer NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('user_id_seq'::regclass),
username character varying(256) COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
CONSTRAINT user_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
CREATE TABLE public.user_tenant
(
user_id integer NOT NULL,
tenant_id integer NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT user_fk FOREIGN KEY (user_id)
REFERENCES public."user" (id) MATCH SIMPLE
ON UPDATE NO ACTION
ON DELETE CASCADE
)
I need to have unique values (user.username, user_tenant.tenant_id). How can I declare such a constraint?

Answer 1

I would make the username unique, just like the tenant that is in another table. When that is done, you can put a primary key on the user_id and tenant_id:
CREATE TABLE public."user"
(
id integer NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('user_id_seq'::regclass),
username character varying(256) COLLATE pg_catalog."default" unique,
CONSTRAINT user_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
);
CREATE TABLE public.user_tenant
(
user_id integer NOT NULL,
tenant_id integer NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT user_fk FOREIGN KEY (user_id)
REFERENCES public."user" (id) MATCH SIMPLE
ON UPDATE NO ACTION
ON DELETE CASCADE,
CONSTRAINT user_tenant_pk PRIMARY KEY (user_id, tenant_id)
);
By the way, don't use reserved names like "user" for table names.

Answer 2

You can create a function which can check for uniqueness across multiple tables (example here: Postgres unique combination constraint across tables) but it looks like you may need to the structure of your tables or follow Frank Heikens' answer.
EDIT:
CREATE TABLE public."user"
(
id SERIAL,
username character varying(256) COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
PRIMARY KEY (id)
);
CREATE TABLE public.user_tenant
(
user_id integer NOT NULL,
tenant_id integer NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT user_fk FOREIGN KEY (user_id)
REFERENCES public."user" (id) MATCH SIMPLE
ON UPDATE NO ACTION
ON DELETE CASCADE
);
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.check_user_tenant(user_id integer, tenant_id integer)
RETURNS boolean AS
$$
DECLARE b_result boolean;
BEGIN
SELECT (COUNT(*) = 0) INTO b_result
FROM public.user u
JOIN public.user_tenant ut ON ut.user_id IN (SELECT id
FROM public.user i_u
WHERE i_u.username = u.username)
WHERE u.id = $1 AND ut.tenant_id = $2;
RETURN b_result;
END
$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
ALTER TABLE public.user_tenant
ADD CONSTRAINT check_filename CHECK
(public.check_user_tenant(user_id, tenant_id));
-- Testing:
insert into public."user" (username) VALUES ('foo');
insert into public.user_tenant (user_id, tenant_id) VALUES (1,3);
insert into public."user" (username) VALUES ('foo');
-- Violates constraint:
insert into public.user_tenant (user_id, tenant_id) VALUES (2,3);