Re: Absolute value of intervals - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Sam Mason
Subject Re: Absolute value of intervals
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Msg-id 20091027144944.GK5407@samason.me.uk
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In response to Absolute value of intervals  (Joshua Berry <yoberi@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:27:17AM -0300, Joshua Berry wrote:
> I couldn't find the operator '@' for intervals

A simple SQL implementation would look like:

  CREATE FUNCTION absinterval(interval) RETURNS interval
    IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE sql AS 'SELECT greatest($1,-$1)';
  CREATE OPERATOR @ ( PROCEDURE = absinterval, RIGHTARG = interval );

or is a C version really needed?

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