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Traditionally, when dealing with events or periods, developers often use two separate columns to represent the start and end of a range. Postgres's range columns provide a solution for managing range data in applications like reservation systems. They simplify queries with specific operators and enhance data integrity by allowing constraints to prevent overlaps. Range columns offer a more efficient alternative to the traditional two-column approach for representing periods. By utilizing these capabilities, developers can build more advanced and dependable applications with less code. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e-G5Wfyw

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Niklas Portmann

Technical Co-Founder @LastBIM | Let's make BIM information requirements great again 👏

1mo

Awesome, wish I knew this a few months ago 😁

Chris Travers

PostgreSQL and Infrastructure Professional

1mo

You can also use functional indexes and range types to do exclusion constraints if you have the two column approach.

Dan Lynch

Founder at Cosmology

1mo

exclusion constraints FTW! 🚀

Lucas Semelin

Product Engineer | Helping businesses build their own SaaS and custom web-based applications. Javascript and PHP specialist. VueJS & Laravel advocate.

1mo

Nice feature! Didn't know about it

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