On Friday 28 November 2008 15:31:51 Barry Sanford wrote: > looking at PostgreSQL, I noticed that you have various geometric data types > as standard. However, I was somewhat surprised that you are attempting to > implement the 'line' type via a two point scheme. While this is okay for > line segments, it totally sucks for infinite lines in a plane or space.
Well, it's the way Euclid defined it. (Yes, PostgreSQL is really old ... ;-) ) No really, the built-in geometry types are considered kind of legacy. If you want to deal with something more modern, you may want to look into PostGIS. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
