[GENERAL] Unexpected interval comparison - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Frazer McLean
Subject [GENERAL] Unexpected interval comparison
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Msg-id 1490104629.422698.918452336.26FA96B7@webmail.messagingengine.com
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Responses Re: [GENERAL] Unexpected interval comparison  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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I came across an unexpected comparison (tested on PostgreSQL 9.4 and 9.6) for intervals with a large difference in magnitude.

I narrowed it down to this example, where comparisons with this range give the wrong value:

postgres=# SELECT
  '1 year'::interval > '3854933 years'::interval,
  '1 year'::interval > '3854934 years'::interval,
  '1 year'::interval > '32618664 years'::interval,
  '1 year'::interval > '32618665 years'::interval;

?column? | ?column? | ?column? | ?column?
----------+----------+----------+----------
f        | t        | t        | f
(1 row)

Is this a bug? Should I not be comparing intervals? It would seem the interval type has enough information to give the correct answer here.

Regards,

Frazer McLean

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