Re: generate_series() with TSTZRANGE

From: Sergey Konoplev <gray(dot)ru(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Wolfe Whalen <wolfe_whalen(at)fastmail(dot)fm>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: generate_series() with TSTZRANGE
Date: 2012-09-13 13:52:47
Message-ID: CAL_0b1spRknFntwj-E8r+z1jJQeUWcqmt7tS9Wd9s_eRr_EOOw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:53 AM, Wolfe Whalen <wolfe_whalen(at)fastmail(dot)fm> wrote:
> SELECT tstzrange((lag(a) OVER()), a, '[)')
> FROM generate_series('2012-09-16 12:00:00'::timestamp, '2012-09-17
> 12:00:00', '1 hour')
> AS a OFFSET 1;

What about this form?

select tstzrange(a, a + '1 hour'::interval, '[)')
from generate_series(
'2012-09-16'::timestamp,
'2012-09-16 23:00'::timestamp,
'1 hour'::interval) as a;

>
> Basically, it's generating a series of time stamps one hour apart, then
> using the previous record and the current record to construct the
> TSTZRANGE value. It's offset 1 to skip the first record, since there is
> no previous record to pair with it.
>
> If you were looking at Josh Berkus' example at
> http://lwn.net/Articles/497069/ you might use it like this to generate
> data for testing and experimentation:
>
> INSERT INTO room_reservations
> SELECT 'F104', 'John', 'Another Talk',
> tstzrange((lag(a) OVER()), a, '[)')
> FROM generate_series('2012-09-16 12:00:00'::timestamp, '2012-09-17
> 12:00:00', '1 hour')
> AS a OFFSET 1;
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Wolfe Whalen
> wolfe(at)quios(dot)net
>
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