[postgis-devel] RECHECK not supported in PsotgreSQL HEAD any more?

[Chris Hodgson]

Isn't the recheck still needed because of the difference in precision 
between the bbox and the actual data? Or is this not really a concern?

Chris

Jorgen Austvik - Sun Norway wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried running the PostGIS tests against PostgreSQL HEAD, and got 
> this error message:
>
> --------8<---------------8<---------------8<---------------8<-------
> psql:lwpostgis.sql:1040: ERROR:  RECHECK is no longer supported
> HINT:  Update your data type.
> psql:lwpostgis.sql:1053: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, 
> commands ignored until end of transaction block
> ...
> --------8<---------------8<---------------8<---------------8<-------
>
> It seems that it is OK to remove the RECHECKs?:
> http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2007-September/017036.html 
>
>
> The applied patch removes the RECHECKs (and all the tests pass without 
> them on RHEL 5.1), but I have no idea whether that is the correct 
> thing to do or not - so please don't apply them without looking into 
> the matter ;-) (They might be needed on earlier versions of PsotgreSQL?)
>
> -J
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