Thank you. Thats the technical view. I was hoping for a more generel overview - as if I knew absolutely nothing about geometric types and their uses. (Which is close to the truth.)
Geometric Types (and GIS) for dummies would be ideal. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Shoaib Mir To: Bob Pawley Cc: Postgresql Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Geometric Types You can use the PostgreSQL docs for that purpose at --> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/functions-geometry.html For more details you can go through PostGIS ( http://postgis.refractions.net/) for that purpose... Hope this helps... ----------- Shoaib Mir EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com ) On 12/11/06, Bob Pawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would like to learn the basics of PostgreSQL geometric types. Can someone point to a simple explanation of how it works (preferably within the PostgreSQL database) how it is being used and any drawing system that would display the results? Thanks in advance. Bob Pawley
