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 to insert a new session from 2010-01-05 to 2010-01-25
We would like to know the conflicting session(s).
Here is my query:
SELECT *
FROM session
WHERE TRUE
AND ("2010-01-05" BETWEEN start_date AND end_date
OR "2010-01-25" BETWEEN start_date AND end_date
OR "2010-01-05" >= start_date AND "2010-01-25" <= end_date
)
;
Here is the result:
+----+------------+------------+
| id | start_date | end_date |
+----+------------+------------+
| 1 | 2010-01-01 | 2010-01-10 |
| 2 | 2010-01-20 | 2010-01-30 |
+----+------------+------------+
Is there a better practice way to get that ?
