Re: Query generates infinite loop

Hi All -

I was implementing the infinity time constants in DuckDB when I ran into an infinite loop. It seems that PG has the same problem for the same reason (adding an interval to an infinite timestamp produces the same timestamp, so the increment operation never goes anywhere.)  Here is the query:

1. select COUNT(*) 
   FROM generate_series('-infinity'::TIMESTAMP, 'epoch'::TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL '1 DAY');

This seems like a DoS great attack, so we are disallowing infinities as bounds for both table and scalar series generation. As an upper bound, it eventually gives an error, so it seems  there is not much utility anyway.

Met vriendelijke groet, best regards, mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Richard Wesley Group-By Therapist richard@duckdblabs.com