Tom Lane wrote:
> A B <gentosaker@gmail.com> writes:
>> I do
>> select box '((0,0),(1,1))' @> point '(0,0)';
>> and I get this:
>> ERROR: operator does not exist: box @> point
>
>> I'm using 8.4.4 and I feel confused. What am I doing wrong here?
>
> Nothing --- there isn't any box @> point operator, although there
> is the commutator case point <@ box. (I see Teodor fixed this
> omission for 9.0.)
I notice that @ is accepted as an operator (at least in 8.4.1)?
box @ point is equivalent to box @> point
point @ box is equivalent to point <@ box
It's not listed in 8.4 doc pages online.