>
>
> [step] is in days, but is not documented as such.
>
>
It is in days, and is not documented as such, but since a day is the
smallest unit of time for a date, I felt there was no other interpretation.
> My understanding is you want to replace this
>
> SELECT d.dt::date as dt
> FROM generate_series('2015-01-01'::date,
> '2016-01-04'::date,
> interval '1 day') AS d(dt);
>
>
> with this
>
> SELECT d.dt
> FROM generate_series('2015-01-01'::date,
> '2016-01-04'::date,
> 7) as d(dt);
>
>
I'd also like to be able to join the values of d.dt without typecasting
them.
To me it's as awkward as (select 1::double + 1::double)::integer
>
> Personally, I think writing INTERVAL '7 days' to be clearer than just
> typing 7.
>
Well, nearly all my use cases involve the step being 1 (and thus omitted)
or -1.
Maybe this example will appeal to you
SELECT d.birth_date, COUNT(r.kiddo_name)
FROM generate_series('2016-01-01'::date,'2016-01-10'::date) as d(birth_date)
LEFT OUTER JOIN birth_records r ON r.birth_date = d.birth_date
GROUP BY 1
ORDER BY 1;
> Other than that, the only difference is the ::date part. Is it really
> worth adding extra code just for that? I would say not.
>
I would argue it belongs for the sake of completeness.
We added generate_series for numerics when generate_series for floats
already existed.
No comments on the patch itself, which seems to do the job, so apologies to
> give this opinion on your work, I do hope it doesn't put you off further
> contributions.
>
Thanks. I appreciate that.
