Re: OVERLAPS constraint using TIME columns

Gio - wrote:
> > > I have a table for weekly time slots with columns day, from, to.
> > >
> > > I would like to add a constraint so that overlapping time slots cannot be added to the db.
> > >
> > > The OVERLAPS operator works as I need to, eg
> > > SELECT (TIME ‘5:00', TIME '10:00') OVERLAPS (TIME '22:59', TIME '23:10');
> > >
> > > But I can’t use it inside a constraint (ERROR: syntax error near “,”)
> > >
> > > ALTER TABLE slots
> > > ADD CONSTRAINT same_day_slots_overlap
> > > EXCLUDE USING GIST
> > > (
> > > day WITH =,
> > > (from, to) WITH OVERLAPS
> > > );
> > >
> > > Same error happens if I use the && operator.
> > >
> > > I only need time information in my columns so I can either model them as TIME or INTEGER (as minutes from the start of the day). How can I add
> > > such a constraint with these columns?
> >
> > What about
> >
> > ALTER TABLE slots
> > ADD CONSTRAINT same_day_slots_overlap
> > EXCLUDE USING gist (tsrange(day + "from", day + "to") WITH &&);
> >
> > It is strange to store date and time separately.
> > That way you cannot use "timestamp with time zone", which is almost always
> > the correct data type to use.
>
> I forgot to mention that the ‘day’ column only contains the name of a day eg Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc.
> It does not contain any info about which day of the month it is.
>
> What I want to model is weekly - recurring time slots.

If you install the "btree_gist" extension, you can create:

ALTER TABLE slots
ADD CONSTRAINT same_day_slots_overlap
EXCLUDE USING gist (day WITH =,
int4range(
CAST(EXTRACT(hour FROM "from") + EXTRACT(minute FROM "from") * 60 AS integer),
CAST(EXTRACT(hour FROM "to") + EXTRACT(minute FROM "to") * 60 AS integer)
) WITH &&
);

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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