Overlappende reservationsforespørgsel

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DROP TABLE IF EXISTS apartment;

CREATE TABLE apartment
(apartment_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY
,apartment_name varchar(255) NOT NULL 
);

INSERT INTO apartment VALUES
(1, 'Apartment 1'),
(2, 'Apartment 2'),
(3, 'Apartment 3'),
(4, 'Apartment 4');

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS booking;

CREATE TABLE booking 
(booking_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY
,start_date DATE NOT NULL
,end_date DATE NOT NULL
,apartment_id INT NOT NULL
);

INSERT INTO booking VALUES
(1, '2018-07-18', '2018-07-20', 1),
(2, '2018-07-21', '2018-07-23', 1),
(3, '2018-07-18', '2018-07-20', 2);



SELECT a.* 
  FROM apartment a 
  LEFT 
  JOIN booking b 
    ON b.apartment_id = a.apartment_id 
   AND b.start_date <= '2018-07-23' 
   AND b.end_date > '2018-07-21'
 WHERE b.booking_id IS NULL;
+--------------+----------------+
| apartment_id | apartment_name |
+--------------+----------------+
|            2 | Apartment 2    |
|            3 | Apartment 3    |
|            4 | Apartment 4    |
+--------------+----------------+

I praksis, medmindre det er bundet i en transaktion, er et SELECT som dette ret meningsløst, fordi en anden bruger nemt kan komme med og foretage reservationen, mens du stadig tjekker tilgængelighed.