Re: How to view geometry fields as text?

Salut Guillaume,

Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
>> (...) There exists a pgsql function called
>> 'st_astext(geometry)'. What about extending the dialog 'View filtered
>> data' with the possibility to apply functions like this in order to view data?
>
> You can use this function to filter data, but you can't use it to change
> the column's way to display the data.

Ok, fine.

But what about extending pgadmin with such a functionality?
This could be useful for many data types.

Stefan
2008/11/29 Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>:
> Stefan Keller a écrit :
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm using geometry fields which are stored in a large binary
>> representation (so called Well Known Binary). Now I'd like to see the
>> lines and coordinates stored in it as human readable text.
>> Unfortunately, I think, there's currently no way to do this?
>>
>
> Nope.
>
>> If yes, I have an idea: There exists a pgsql function called
>> 'st_astext(geometry)'. What about extending the dialog 'View filtered
>> data' with the possibility to apply functions like this in order to
>> view data?
>>
>
> You can use this function to filter data, but you can't use it to change
> the column's way to display the data.
>
>
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