ash-project / ash-project/ash_postgres

query a stored range with the Postgres range operators

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Description

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### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Filtering or sorting on a range attribute fails: `Unsupported expression in Elixir.AshPostgres.SqlImplementation query: ... Ash.Query.Function.RangeLower`.

A range is stored natively since #817, but none of its expressions render, so the column's own operators are unreachable.

### Describe the solution you'd like

Render the range expressions to their Postgres equivalents: `range_overlaps/2` to `&&`, `range_lower/1` and `range_upper/1` to `lower()` and `upper()`, and `range_contains/2` and `range_adjacent/2` to `@>` and `-|-` once ash#2877 lands.

The rendering belongs in ash_sql, and the tests here, as ash_sql#245 and #814 did for Duration.

### Describe alternatives you've considered

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Research direction

Begin with the existing Duration expression rendering and tests referenced by ash_sql#245 and #814; use those as the entry point in ash_sql. Verify the listed Postgres mappings in tests, including the two operators gated on ash#2877; done means the range expressions render correctly, with contains and adjacent covered once that dependency lands.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
elixir, postgresql
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
58/100

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