Re: No ~ operator for box, point

From: "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: No ~ operator for box, point
Date: 2007-01-25 18:59:33
Message-ID: b42b73150701251059x31559218ndbd038ca5a68b801@mail.gmail.com
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On 1/25/07, Jim C. Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> wrote:
> decibel=# select version();
> PostgreSQL 8.3devel on i386-apple-darwin8.8.2, compiled by GCC i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)
>
> decibel=# select box '((0,0),(2,2))' ~ point '(1,1)';
> ERROR: operator does not exist: box ~ point
> LINE 1: select box '((0,0),(2,2))' ~ point '(1,1)';

I don't see a reason, although you can do it with polygon and not box.
Also, I can't find the ~ operator defined for polygon in the
documentation, am I missing something?

merlin

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