* Add missing operators for geometric data types and operators
There are geometric data types that do not have the full suite
of geometric operators defined; for example, box @> point does not exist.
On Jan 26, 2007, at 9:32 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> Can I get a TODO on this?
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> Jim Nasby wrote:
>> On Jan 25, 2007, at 6:26 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes:
>>>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:59:33PM -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:
>>>>> On 1/25/07, Jim C. Nasby <jim@nasby.net> wrote:
>>>>>> decibel=# select box '((0,0),(2,2))' ~ point '(1,1)';
>>>>>> ERROR: operator does not exist: box ~ point
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>>>>> I don't see a reason, although you can do it with polygon and not
>>>>> box.
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>>> Seems like an old oversight.
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>> Ok. If I ever get some time I'll submit a patch to bring everything
>> in-line (there's other missing operators as well).
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>>>>> Also, I can't find the ~ operator defined for polygon in the
>>>>> documentation, am I missing something?
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>>> ~ is deprecated, "contains" is preferentially spelled @> now.
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>> Ok, I'll keep that in mind.
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