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"Andrus" <eetasoft@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> Why not just subtract/add 1, so that the check includes the boundary 
>> dates?
>>
>> Like so;
>>  select 1 where ('2006-10-31'::date -1, '9999-12-31'::date +1) OVERLAPS
>>    ('2006-10-16'::DATE -1, '2006-10-31':: DATE +1)
>
> Alban,
>
> thank you. I use only dates as OVERLAPS arguments.
> I changed all my WHERE clauses from
>
> WHERE (a,b) OVERLAPS (c,d)
>
> to
>
> WHERE (a-1,b+1) OVERLAPS (c-1,d+1)
>
> Will this give correct results ?

It might give you false positives...

2006-11-30 -- 2006-12-05   AND    2006-12-06 -- 2006-12-15  (original) -- FALSE
2006-11-29 -- 2006-12-06   AND    2006-12-05 -- 2006-12-16  (changed)  -- TRUE


Be seeing you,
-- 
Jorge Godoy      <jgodoy@xxxxxxxxx>


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