[postgis-users] ST_GeomUnion, ST_Union

[Obe, Regina]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the explanation.  Actually now I see I was wrong that there
actually isn't an ST_GeomUnion function as I had thought, so things are
consistently named.

But that means the documentation is wrong

http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ch06.html#id2532758

Since it says there is an ST_GeomUnion function when there isn't.

Thanks,
Regina
 

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[mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Mark
Cave-Ayland
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:38 AM
To: PostGIS Users Discussion
Subject: Re: [postgis-users] ST_GeomUnion, ST_Union

On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 08:19 -0400, Obe, Regina wrote:
> I notice that in the 1.3.1 that the aggregate function is called
> ST_Union instead of ST_GeomUnion  and that the regular function is
> called
>  
> ST_GeomUnion(geom, geom) 
>  
> Since the old aggregate was call GeomUnion I had assumed the new would
> just have an ST_ prepended to it.
>  
> I assume this is intended because of some OGC requirement.  I'm just
> wondering why they aren't named consistently the same like 
> ST_collect aggregate and regular functions.
>  
> Thanks,
> Regina


Hi Regina,

The reason GeomUnion() exists instead of being just Union() is that
UNION is a PostgreSQL reserved word and so can't be used as a function
name :(


ATB,

Mark.

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