In response to A. Kretschmer : > > please, suggest an idea how to implement this in SQL without writing a > > procedure. > > There are a really nice additional contrib module from Jeff Davis, > described here: > > http://thoughts.j-davis.com/2010/03/09/temporal-postgresql-roadmap/ >
short example, with your data: test=# select * from rel_a; id | start_date | end_date | p ----+------------+------------+---------------------------------------------------- 1 | 01.01.2010 | 01.02.2010 | [01.01.2010 00:00:00 CET, 01.02.2010 00:00:00 CET) 2 | 03.02.2010 | 04.03.2010 | [03.02.2010 00:00:00 CET, 04.03.2010 00:00:00 CET) (2 rows) test=# select * from rel_a where contains(p, period('15.01.2010'::date, '15.02.2010'::date)); id | start_date | end_date | p ----+------------+----------+--- (0 rows) test=# select * from rel_a where contains(p, period('15.01.2010'::date, '25.01.2010'::date)); id | start_date | end_date | p ----+------------+------------+---------------------------------------------------- 1 | 01.01.2010 | 01.02.2010 | [01.01.2010 00:00:00 CET, 01.02.2010 00:00:00 CET) (1 row) The column p is created with: test=# alter table rel_a add column p period; and test=# update rel_a set p = period(start_date, end_date); Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG: 0x31720C99, 1006 CCB4 A326 1D42 6431 2EB0 389D 1DC2 3172 0C99 -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql