Bad sentence construction in the error, perhaps? The restriction "only polygon and point" means that one argument must be a polygon and one must be a point. Both your arguments are polygons.
P. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:51 AM, Nicholas Bower <n...@petangent.net> wrote: > I've read the 1.5 reference docs but can't figure out what is wrong with > below. ST_CoveredBy(geography, geography) should work right? > select count(*) from t_swath_metadata where ST_CoveredBy( > ST_GeogFromText('SRID=4326;POLYGON((123.1773295292851 -16.07501950971949, > 122.745660066063 -16.83965661151543, > 124.1310486688905 -16.44978157737539, > 123.1773295292851 -16.07501950971949))'), > swath_bounding); > ERROR: geography_covers: only POLYGON and POINT types are currently > supported > CONTEXT: SQL function "st_covers" statement 1 > ********** Error ********** > ERROR: geography_covers: only POLYGON and POINT types are currently > supported > SQL state: XX000 > Context: SQL function "st_covers" statement 1 > > db=> \d t_swath_metadata; > ... > swath_bounding | geography(Polygon,4326) | > Indexes: > ... > "t_swath_metadata_swath_bounding_key" gist (swath_bounding) > > Thanks, Nick > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > > _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users