On 05/10/2015 20:03, John McKown wrote: > When in doubt, cheat! Why not something like: > > SELECT x, y FROM organ_pipes WHERE point(x,y) <@ > box(point(?x1,?y1),point(?x2,?y2)) ; > > This is definitely a different approach from the others that I've seen. > > > Basically, think of your channel / piston as a point in a Cartesian > plane. And your boundaries as a box in that graph. So you see if the > "point" is inside the "box"
Ohhh - that's nice! Reminds of one of my lecturers from college days, who said there was often a geometrical solution to an algebraic problem. Thanks! Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland r...@iol.ie -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
