Jonathan S. Katz: Range Types in PostgreSQL 9.2 – Your Life Will Never Be the Same

PostgreSQL offers a wide variety of data types, which enable to us to create precisely defined, constrained, and accurate models of our data. PostgreSQL 9.2, introduced several years ago, included a “range” type, which lets you describe … well, ranges of data. In this talk, Jonathan S. Katz describes this new type, and shows what you can do with it. You might think that the range type isn’t that useful, but he demonstrates a number of examples of where it can be quite useful.

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