Merge continuous rows with Postgresql

Question

I have a slots table like this :

   Column   |            Type             |
------------+-----------------------------+
 id         | integer               


        

Answer 1

Here is one method for solving this problem. Create a flag that determines if a one record does not overlap with the previous one. This is the start of a group. Then take the cumulative sum of this flag and use that for grouping:

select user_id, min(begin_at) as begin_at, max(end_at) as end_at
from (select s.*, sum(startflag) over (partition by user_id order by begin_at) as grp
      from (select s.*,
                   (case when lag(end_at) over (partition by user_id order by begin_at) >= begin_at
                         then 0 else 1
                    end) as startflag
            from slots s
           ) s
     ) s
group by user_id, grp;

Here is a SQL Fiddle.