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From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Syntax for partitioning
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In response to Re: Syntax for partitioning  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 15:19 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
> I can't help but wonder if the PERIOD type might be better for
> representing a partition range. It would make it easier to express and
> enforce the constraint that no two partition ranges overlap ;)

I can't help but wonder if the period type might better be a generic
container for pairs of scalar, totally-ordered types.

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