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<DIV><SPAN class=261311915-21072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Polygons need two levels of parenthesis, to allow for the external shell
and hole rings. So the WKT should be:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=261311915-21072006>POLYGON((2568262.1 5635344.1, 2568298.5
5635387.6, 2568261.04 5635276.15, 2568262.1 5635344.1))</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Martin Davis, Senior Technical
Architect</STRONG><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Vivid Solutions
Inc.
<I>www.vividsolutions.com</I></FONT></STRONG><BR></FONT><EM><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Suite #1A-2328 Government Street Victoria, B.C. V8T 5G5<BR>Phone: (250)
385 6040 - Local 308 Fax: (250) 385 6046</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net
[mailto:postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Baris YILMAZ<BR><B>Sent:</B> July 21, 2006 6:56 AM<BR><B>To:</B> PostGIS
Users Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> [postgis-users] parse error - invalid
geometry error<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P>Hi,</P>
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<P>I try to execute the following query on Postgis ver 1.0.4 . </P>
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<P>select asbinary('POLYGON(2568262.1 5635344.1, 2568298.5 5635387.6,
2568261.04 5635276.15, 2568262.1 5635344.1)'); </P>
<P> </P>
<P>But I get the following error; </P>ERROR: parse error - invalid
geometry
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<P>Can anyone tell me what is wrong?</P>
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<P>Best Regards</P>
<P>Baris</P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>