Re: Comments on Exclusion Constraints and related datatypes

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-03-22T14:40:04Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On mån, 2010-03-22 at 13:15 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> * inet datatypes don't have a commutative operator on which a unique
> index can be built. There is no "overlaps" equivalent, which again is a
> shame because that stops them being used with the new feature.

http://pgfoundry.org/projects/ip4r/ provides an overlap operator.