Re: PG7.4 ordering operator

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: strk <strk(at)keybit(dot)net>
Cc: postgis-devel(at)postgis(dot)refractions(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PG7.4 ordering operator
Date: 2003-11-20 05:59:56
Message-ID: 1621.1069307996@sss.pgh.pa.us
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strk <strk(at)keybit(dot)net> writes:
> Testing postgis support in PG7.4 (2003-11-11)
> I've encountered to this problem:
> ERROR: could not identify an ordering operator for type geometry
> Previous PG versions does not show this problem.
> Any hint on what might be missing ?

A default btree operator class for type geometry. PG 7.4 no longer
uses assumptions about operator names to determine sorting/grouping
behavior. If you have some operators that provide a scalar sort
ordering on your datatype, then make a btree opclass to show that.
See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/xindex.html#XINDEX-OPCLASS-DEPENDENCIES

regards, tom lane

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