From: Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Intersection of two date interval
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:02:24 +0200
Message-ID: <200701261202.26168.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070126095007.GD15591@a-kretschmer.de>
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<20070126095007.GD15591@a-kretschmer.de>
Στις Παρασκευή 26 Ιανουάριος 2007 11:50, ο/η A. Kretschmer έγραψε:
> am Fri, dem 26.01.2007, um 11:39:03 +0200 mailte Suha Onay folgendes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How can i find the number of days in the intersection of 2 date interval?
> > For example:
> > 1st interval: (10.01.2007, 20.01.2007)
> > 2nd interval: (13.01.2007, 21.01.2007)
> > The intersection dates are: 13,14,15,16,17,18,19, 20
> > The result is: 8
> >
> > How can i find the result, 8 in an sql query without using CASE
> > statements?
>
> Some time ago i wrote a function for this, i hope it's helpfull for you:
> (not realy tested, be careful!)
>
>
>
> create type start_end as (t1 timestamptz, t2 timestamptz);
>
> create or replace function time_intersect (timestamptz, timestamptz,
> timestamptz, timestamptz) returns start_end as $$ declare
> _s1 alias for $1;
> _e1 alias for $2;
> _s2 alias for $3;
> _e2 alias for $4;
> _start timestamptz;
> _end timestamptz;
> _return start_end;
> begin
>
> if _s1 < _s2 then
> _start := _s2;
> else
> _start := _s1;
> end if;
>
> if _e1 < _e2 then
> _end := _e1;
> else
> _end := _e2;
> end if;
>
> if _start < _end then
> _return.t1 := _start;
> _return.t2 := _end;
> else
> _return.t1 := NULL;
> _return.t2 := NULL;
> end if;
>
> return _return;
> end
> $$ language plpgsql;
>
>
Suha,
the function is the number of days in the
maximum of the two start dates , untill , minimum of the two end dates
interval.
But in postgresql (7.4.15 at least) there is no MIN(date,date),MAX(date,date)
functions. So someone has to write them, so you cant avoid some logic there.
Whats your problem with "CASE" statements?
what you are basically looking for is smth like the above implementation
from Andreas.
> test=# set datestyle=german;
> SET
> test=*# select time_intersect('10.01.2007'::date, '20.01.2007'::date,
> '13.01.2007'::date, '21.01.2007'::date); time_intersect
> -------------------------------------------------------
> ("13.01.2007 00:00:00 CET","20.01.2007 00:00:00 CET")
> (1 row)
>
>
> test=*# select *, t2-t1 from time_intersect('10.01.2007'::date,
> '20.01.2007'::date, '13.01.2007'::date, '21.01.2007'::date); t1
> | t2 | ?column?
> -------------------------+-------------------------+----------
> 13.01.2007 00:00:00 CET | 20.01.2007 00:00:00 CET | @ 7 days
> (1 row)
>
>
>
>
> Andreas
--
Achilleas Mantzios
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