Problem with GIST-index and timestamps - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Sebastian Böck
Subject Problem with GIST-index and timestamps
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Msg-id 4270ADF7.6070806@freenet.de
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Hello,

i wanted to define and GIST-index on a table with a timestamp-column
containing 'infinity' values, and it throws the following error:

ERROR:  cannot subtract infinite timestamps

Is this a known limitation?
How can i avoid or circumvent this?

Thanks in advance

Sebastian

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