Geometric Types

You can use the PostgreSQL docs for that purpose at -->
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/functions-geometry.html

For more details you can go through PostGIS (http://postgis.refractions.net/)
for that purpose...

Hope this helps...

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Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)

Thank you.

Thats the technical view. I was hoping for a more generel overview - as if I knew absolutely nothing about geometric types and their uses.
(Which is close to the truth.)

Geometric Types (and GIS) for dummies would be ideal.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: Shoaib Mir
To: Bob Pawley
Cc: Postgresql
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Geometric Types

You can use the PostgreSQL docs for that purpose at --> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/functions-geometry.html

For more details you can go through PostGIS ( http://postgis.refractions.net/) for that purpose...

Hope this helps...

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Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com )

On 12/11/06, Bob Pawley <rjpawley@shaw.ca> wrote:
I would like to learn the basics of PostgreSQL geometric types.

Can someone point to a simple explanation of how it works (preferably within the PostgreSQL database) how it is being used and any drawing system that would display the results?

Thanks in advance.

Bob Pawley