Re: Determining if two subnets intersect

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

> Florian Weimer <Florian.Weimer@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE> writes:
> > Is there some efficient PostgreSQL expression which is true if and
> > only if two subnets (given as values of type cidr) have non-empty
> > intersection (even if the intersection is not a CIDR network)?
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something, but ISTM it's only possible for two
> CIDR subnets to overlap if one contains the other.  So you could
> check with
> 
>         A <<= B OR B <<= A

Oh, I think you are right; I haven't paid attention.  Thanks.

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