[postgis-users] Problem with PostGIS 1.0.0 RC1

[strk at refractions.net]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 09:47:52AM -0000, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
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> > [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On 
> > Behalf Of strk at refractions.net
> > Sent: 23 January 2005 09:11
> > To: Markus Schaber; Mark Cave-Ayland
> > Cc: PostGIS Users Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Problem with PostGIS 1.0.0 RC1
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> (cut)
> 
> > The only *transparent* way would be having geometry_in 
> > recognize all of HEXWKB,bytea,WKT (currently only bytea missing).
> 
> Hmmmm so it looks like the PostgreSQL type system can't handle this in the
> way I was expecting :(
> 
> Given that changing GeomFromWKB from WKBHEX to bytea will already break
> existing applications, how about a new function GeomFrom(E)WKBHEX(text) that
> takes HEXWKB input and leaving GeomFrom(E)WKB(bytea) as it is? Is there then
> any need to have geometry_in accept HEXWKB? (I understand that we need to
> keep WKT as a hack so that dumps from older versions of PostGIS can be
> restored).

geometry_in *already* accepts HEXWKB, it's the canonical input/output
representation. 
GeomFromHEXWKB is useless because canonical input accepts that.

--strk;

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