Re: BRIN minmax multi - incorrect distance for infinite timestamp/date

On 10/20/23 11:52, Ashutosh Bapat wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 6:11 PM Ashutosh Bapat
> <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> I think we should provide generate_series(date, date, integer) which
>> will use date + integer -> date.
>
> Just to be clear, I don't mean that this patch should add it.
>

I'm not against adding such generate_series() variant. For this patch
I'll use something like the query you proposed, I think.

I was thinking about the (date + interval) failure a bit more, and while
I think it's confusing it's not quite wrong. The problem is that the
interval may have hours/minutes, so it makes sense that the operator
returns timestamp. That's not what most operators do, where the data
type does not change. So a bit unexpected, but seems correct.

regards

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