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#1PG Bug reporting form
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8.17.2. Examples

CREATE TABLE reservation (room int, during tsrange);
INSERT INTO reservation VALUES
(1108, '[2010-01-01 14:30, 2010-01-01 15:30)');
^ ^
While not an Error, still...

#2Mike Toews
mwtoews@gmail.com
In reply to: PG Bug reporting form (#1)
Re: Start with [ , end with )

On 24 April 2018 at 01:00, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:

8.17.2. Examples

CREATE TABLE reservation (room int, during tsrange);
INSERT INTO reservation VALUES
(1108, '[2010-01-01 14:30, 2010-01-01 15:30)');
^ ^
While not an Error, still...

See 8.17.3. Inclusive and Exclusive Bounds

This is an example with an inclusive lower bound "[" and an exclusive
upper bound ")".

#3Jonathan S. Katz
jkatz@postgresql.org
In reply to: Mike Toews (#2)
Re: Start with [ , end with )

On Apr 23, 2018, at 8:37 PM, Mike Toews <mwtoews@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24 April 2018 at 01:00, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:

8.17.2. Examples

CREATE TABLE reservation (room int, during tsrange);
INSERT INTO reservation VALUES
(1108, '[2010-01-01 14:30, 2010-01-01 15:30)');
^ ^
While not an Error, still...

See 8.17.3. Inclusive and Exclusive Bounds

This is an example with an inclusive lower bound "[" and an exclusive
upper bound ")”.

When dealing with date/time ranges, it’s a very common use case to have
an inclusive lower-bound and exclusive upper-bound, especially when
dealing with scheduling.

Jonathan