Re: Start with [ , end with )

[Jonathan S. Katz]

> On Apr 23, 2018, at 8:37 PM, Mike Toews  wrote:
> 
> On 24 April 2018 at 01:00, PG Doc comments form  
> 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

Re: Start with [ , end with )

[Mike Toews]

On 24 April 2018 at 01:00, PG Doc comments form  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 ")".