Re: BUG #8367: wrong example in 8.17.10 - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: BUG #8367: wrong example in 8.17.10
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Msg-id 1378173248.19551.2.camel@jdavis
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In response to Re: BUG #8367: wrong example in 8.17.10  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 12:27 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> koizumistr@minos.ocn.ne.jp writes:
> > In 8.17.10 "Constraints on Ranges" of PostgreSQL 9.2.4 Documentation, a
> > constraint will prevent the overlapping values in an example.
> > But in the example, range [2010-01-01 11:30, 2010-01-01 13:00) and range
> > [2010-01-01 14:45, 2010-01-01 15:45) do not overlap.
>
> No, but the second one overlaps with the range value shown in 8.17.2.
> So this is correct if it's understood as a continuation of that example.
> Still, it's kind of a long way from 8.17.2 to 8.17.10.  It might be better
> if this section were recast to use a standalone example --- Jeff, what do
> you think?

That sounds reasonable, patch attached. Minor change, so if nobody has
any more suggestions I'll commit it tomorrow night.

Regards,
    Jeff Davis


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