On 3/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:strk@refractions.net">strk@refractions.net</a></b> <<a href="mailto:strk@refractions.net">strk@refractions.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 08:52:05AM -0700, Paul Ramsey wrote:<br>> Once again I wonder why we're not pulling the extent off of the top
<br>> node of the index.<br><br>Again, it's a feature !<br>You don't need to have an index defined in order to use 'estimated_extent'.</blockquote><div><br>Wouldn't it be sweet if estimated_extent could use the geometry index
<br>when one *is* available? At least then there would be a standard, documentable <br>way to get an always accurate "estimate" of the extent.<br><br>Jonne<br><br></div></div>