Andrus wrote:
I thought the suggested solution was to use infinity, hence the
requirement to cast to timestamps.
That'd mean something along the lines of:
where (a::timestamp, coalesce(b, 'infinity')::timestamp) overlaps
(c::timestamp, coalesce(d, 'infinity')::timestamp)
select (date'20060101'::timestamp, coalesce(date'20060102'::timestamp,
'infinity')) overlaps
(date'20060102', coalesce(date'20060103'::timestamp, 'infinity'))
returns false but since date'20060102' is overlapping it must return true.
So it seems that it is not possible to use timestamps and infinity.
Not true, as the above query reads:
select (date'20060101'::timestamp, date'20060102'::timestamp)
overlaps
(date'20060102', date'20060103'::timestamp)
Which doesn't overlap.
What you meant to test is:
select (date '20060101'::timestamp,
coalesce(NULL, 'infinity'::timestamp))
overlaps
(date '20060102'::timestamp,
coalesce(NULL, 'infinity'::timestamp))
Which returns true.
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