Re: temporal variants of generate_series() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: temporal variants of generate_series()
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Msg-id 406.1178053725@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: temporal variants of generate_series()  (Jim Nasby <decibel@decibel.org>)
Responses Re: temporal variants of generate_series()  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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Jim Nasby <decibel@decibel.org> writes:
> Are you sure the case statements are needed? It seems it would be  
> better to just punt to the behavior of generate_series (esp. if  
> generate_series eventually learns how to count backwards).

What's this "eventually"?

regression=# select * from generate_series(10,1,-1);generate_series
-----------------             10              9              8              7              6              5
4              3              2              1
 
(10 rows)
        regards, tom lane


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