Will,
I've only used multiple column in indexes when scoping relationships like the following:
create_table :accounts, :force => true do |t| t.column :name, :string, :null => false, :limit => 50 ... end
create_table :users, :force => true do |t| t.column :account_id, :integer, :null => false t.column :email_address, :string ... end
add_index :users, [ :account_id, :email_address ], :unique => true
Then you can use:
validates_uniqueness_of :email_address, :scope => :account_id, :message => 'There is already another user with this email address.'
It sounds like if your PK is made of two columns you might want to just override before_validation(). Rails has never had great composite key functionality although I think there are some plugins out there that might ease the pain...
Hope this helps.
