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There are times within Postgres where you may want to generate sample data or some consistent series of records to join in order for reporting. Enter the simple but handy set returning function of Postgres: generate_series. generate_series as the name implies allows you to generate a set of data starting at some point, ending at another point, and optionally set the incrementing value. generate_series works on two datatypes:

• integers
• timestamps

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