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Re: Interval data...

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:40:33 +0100
Message-ID: <dtidvt$mpt$2@news4.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>


Volker Hetzer wrote:
> Michel Cadot schrieb:

>> Interval is a length it does not have a begin and an end.
>> My bed is 2 m long, where is the head and where is the foot?
>> This the same question.

> I was hoping that sql follows ISO8601 with regards to time intervals.
> The iso standard defines an interval like mathematicians define the
> interval between two numbers, like [0,5] for instance.
>
> Lots of Greetings!
> Volker

Oracle does [0,5> (that is, if I remember the notation correctly...)

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Frank van Bortel

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Received on Wed Feb 22 2006 - 13:40:33 CST

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