On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Charles Galpin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I assume you mean it takes a long time? The key is to create a buffer around 
> the point that is as big as you feel necessary to make a
> match, and then in your where clause only match lines that intersect this. 
> That way the index is used to limit the number of
> candidates to get the distance for.  Something like
>
> where line && st_expand(myPoint, bufferSizeInYourProjectionUnits)
>

st_dwithin() doesn't do this automatically?
but i should admit it wasn't useful for me... it still require a seq
scan on the whole table

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Jaime Casanova         www.2ndQuadrant.com
Professional PostgreSQL: Soporte 24x7 y capacitación
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