# Prefixes and Ranges

DevFeed: [Prefixes and Ranges](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/prefixes-and-ranges-34476.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tapoueh.org/blog/2012/10/prefixes-and-ranges/>)

Author: Dimitri Fontaine PostgreSQL Major Contributor; Author

Published: 2012-10-16T08:47:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Dimitri Fontaine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dimitri-fontaine.md>)

Topics: [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [data type](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-type.md>), [changelog](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/changelog.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [changelog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/changelog.md>), [data-type](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-type.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [range](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/range.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>)

## AI overview

The article announces version 1.2.0 of the prefix PostgreSQL extension and its prefix_range data type. The release fixes an index search bug and updates the package primarily for PostgreSQL 9.1 and 9.2, while discussing whether PostgreSQL range types can support prefix matching.

## Source excerpt

It's been a long time since I last had some time to spend on the prefix PostgreSQL extension and its prefix_range data type. With PostgreSQL 9.2 out, some users wanted me to update the extension for that release, and hinted me that it was high time that I fix that old bug for which I already had a patch. prefix_range release 1.2.0 I'm sorry it took that long. It's now done, you can have prefix 1.2.0 from https://github.com/dimitri/prefix or if you want a tagged tarball then you can use this link: https://github.com/dimitri/prefix/tarball/v1.2.0.