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8.17.2. Examples

CREATE TABLE reservation (room int, during tsrange);
INSERT INTO reservation VALUES
    (1108, '[2010-01-01 14:30, 2010-01-01 15:30)');
               ^                                                         ^
While not an Error, still...

Re: Start with [ , end with )

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Mike Toews
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On 24 April 2018 at 01:00, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
> 8.17.2. Examples
>
> CREATE TABLE reservation (room int, during tsrange);
> INSERT INTO reservation VALUES
>     (1108, '[2010-01-01 14:30, 2010-01-01 15:30)');
>                ^                                                         ^
> While not an Error, still...

See 8.17.3. Inclusive and Exclusive Bounds

This is an example with an inclusive lower bound "[" and an exclusive
upper bound ")".

Re: Start with [ , end with )

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"Jonathan S. Katz"
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> On Apr 23, 2018, at 8:37 PM, Mike Toews <mwtoews@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 24 April 2018 at 01:00, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
>> 8.17.2. Examples
>>
>> CREATE TABLE reservation (room int, during tsrange);
>> INSERT INTO reservation VALUES
>>    (1108, '[2010-01-01 14:30, 2010-01-01 15:30)');
>>               ^                                                         ^
>> While not an Error, still...
>
> See 8.17.3. Inclusive and Exclusive Bounds
>
> This is an example with an inclusive lower bound "[" and an exclusive
> upper bound ")”.

When dealing with date/time ranges, it’s a very common use case to have
an inclusive lower-bound and exclusive upper-bound, especially when
dealing with scheduling.

Jonathan