Re: [GENERAL] Geometric operators

Hi,

Jeff Hoffmann wrote:
>
> selkovjr(dot)mcs(dot)anl(dot)gov(at)mcs(dot)anl(dot)gov wrote:
> > That is not exactly so, if I may. '&&' is, like Steffen has already
> > mentioned, an operator for overlap. What the original posting inquired
> > about was containment. There are two operators for that, '~' and
> > '@', with the meanings of 'contains' and 'contained', respectively.

Thank you very much, I tried your examples and suggestions using the '@'
operator and PostgreSQL does exactly what I want it do! ;))

Besides, does anybody have some experience with the JDBC driver? My
application should connect to the database and store an object in
together with a box object. Is it possible? Sorry about my silly
questions but I am really new to the database stuff.

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Best Regards,
Steffen Zimmert

Steffen Zimmert
Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
email: szimmert(at)crcg(dot)edu