Re: Range types

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>
Cc: Scott Bailey <artacus(at)comcast(dot)net>, hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Range types
Date: 2009-12-16 14:55:57
Message-ID: 3240.1260975357@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> foreach p2_member in unnest(p2) loop
>> p1 := array(select period_except(p1_member, p2_member)
>> from unnest(p1) p1_member);
>> end loop;
>>
>> But maybe it can be done in a single SQL command.

> Yeah, as soon as you have LATERAL, I think. Without it there's no way to
> compose SRF in SQL, AFAIK.

Hm, how would you do it with LATERAL? The problem is not so much
composition as the need for a variable number of rounds of composition.

regards, tom lane

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