Re: BUG #5889: "Intersects" for polygons broken

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Konrad Garus <konrad(dot)garus(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5889: "Intersects" for polygons broken
Date: 2011-03-09 20:55:43
Message-ID: AANLkTinwz9v6diR2NaHSqNA8tJSS94NrNyYTP-Rp4soZ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Konrad Garus <konrad(dot)garus(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-geometry.html
>
> I wish it explained what arguments each of the operators accepts, and
> whether any automatic conversions take place (like polygon to box in
> that 8.3 issue).
>
> What happens when I call ?# or ?- on a polygon and point? Two points? Open path?
>
> Some of these are obvious, but others not so much.

Hmm, yeah. That looks like it could be improved. It's certainly not
obvious to me what box * point means, for example, even though the
description says scaling/rotation.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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