Function which gives back the nearest neighbours of a requested value

From: "Virgile Beddok" <virgile(dot)beddok(at)igd(dot)fraunhofer(dot)de>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
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Subject: Function which gives back the nearest neighbours of a requested value
Date: 2005-03-25 18:36:16
Message-ID: 2657.146.140.8.144.1111775776.squirrel@webmail.igd.fraunhofer.de
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Hi!

I'm looking for an existing function which allows me to search the nearest
neighbours of the requested value.

A simple example: if I search the value "2", and my table doesn't contain
it, but only contains "0" and "10", as "nearest neighbours", then it will
give me back these values : "0" and "10".
Could you please tell me if such function already exists in Postgresql,
for one-dimensional objects, and also for multi-dimensional objects.

Thanks a lot in advance.
Virgile Beddok

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