Re: operator suggest " interval / interval = numeric"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ilya А(dot) Кovalenko <shadow(at)oganer(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: operator suggest " interval / interval = numeric"
Date: 2008-01-09 15:17:48
Message-ID: 5774.1199891868@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Ilya A. Kovalenko" <shadow(at)oganer(dot)net> writes:
> I suggest one more standard date/time operator, to divide one interval
> by another with numeric (or float, for example) result.

You'd have to define exactly what that means, which seems a little
tricky for incommensurate intervals. For instance what is the
result of '1 month' / '1 day' ?

regards, tom lane

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