Re: Range types

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Scott Bailey <artacus(at)comcast(dot)net>, hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Range types
Date: 2009-12-16 20:46:58
Message-ID: 9774.1260996418@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 12:50 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I'm still not exactly clear on what the use-case is for discrete
>> timestamp ranges, and I wonder how many people are going to be happy
>> with a representation that can't handle a range that's open-ended
>> on the left.

> Huh? We're miscommunicating somewhere.

Yeah, apparently. By open-ended I meant -infinity left bound, or null
left bound if you prefer. Not sure if there's a better term.

regards, tom lane

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