Tomasz,

This works!

Thanks,
Scott Ding

-----Original Message-----
From: Tomasz Myrta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:06 AM
To: Scott Ding
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SQL] point <-> polygon not supported?

Scott Ding wrote:
> Tomasz,
> 
> Thanks for the tip. What I want to do is something like the following:
> 
> Select * from table where (table.geom <-> polygon('((3,3), (3,4),
(4,5),
> (5,4), (5,3))')) < 1.0);
> 
> Table.geom is a point column.
I have never user geometric types...
I think, you can use some data type, which can be used for counting 
distance, for example circle:

Select * from table where (circle(table.geom,0) <-> polygon('((3,3), 
(3,4), (4,5), (5,4), (5,3))')) < 1.0);

Regards,
Tomasz Myrta


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