MySQL range date overlap check
- by Glide
This table is used to store sessions
CREATE TABLE session (
id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT
, start_date date
, end_date date
);
INSERT INTO session
(start_date, end_date)
VALUES
("2010-01-01", "2010-01-10")
, ("2010-01-20", "2010-01-30")
, ("2010-02-01", "2010-02-15")
;
We don't want to have conflict between ranges
Let's say we need…