| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Bugs for PostgreSQL <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: SELECT DISTINCT on boxes |
| Date: | 2004-07-20 19:51:58 |
| Message-ID: | 200407201951.i6KJpwx20045@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Added to TODO:
* Fix data types where equality comparison isn't intuitive, e.g. box
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > I found the cause. Equals for boxes compares only area, \do:
>
> ... which is in itself pretty bogus IMHO. There are a couple of the
> geometric types for which '=' does not do what you'd really expect.
> I've been wondering if we could get away with changing this ...
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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