<p><font size="2">Nick wrote:<br /><br /> > I have a VIEW that consists of two tables, of which contain a POINT<br
/>> column. When trying to select from the view I get an error...<br /> ><br /> > ERROR: could not identify
anordering operator for type point<br /> > HINT: Use an explicit ordering operator or modify the query.<br />
><br/> > Any suggestions??? -Nick<br /> ><br /><br /> I'm a lurker on this list (came for the 8.3 release,
stayedfor the delightful banter), but I have noticed that seems to be a real issue, at least for the moment.<br /><br
/>Not trying to be snotty, but perhaps using postGIS <<a
href="http://postgis.refractions.net/">http://postgis.refractions.net/</a>>would be a suitable alternate ? It does
requireadmin rights to install but the point does have an equality op, GIST indexing and is reasonably light-weight in
diskspace.<br /><br /> Ok, you probably already rejected this for good reason ... back to the real thread.<br /><br />
Apologiesfor the signage below ...<br /><br /> Greg Williamson<br /> Senior DBA<br /> DigitalGlobe<br /><br />
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