Re: Index on points

From: Holger Klawitter <lists(at)klawitter(dot)de>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Index on points
Date: 2004-06-08 14:30:52
Message-ID: 200406081630.57475.lists@klawitter.de
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Hi!

> > SELECT p FROM tbl WHERE (p <-> point(0,0)) < 10;
> You want to create a box that includes all points that might match
> and use that to do an index search (using an rtree index) and then
> check that the distance is really less than whatever.

Thanks for the hint!
I was just too confused about the lack of point operators to think about
alternatives...

Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards
Holger Klawitter
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