yeah this could be the solution...unfortunately I have postgis version 1.3.5 and i doesn't have this feature yet..(I'm on debian system and don't want to build from source)<br><br><br>>SELECT ST_MakePoly(ST_<div>
>LineFromMultiPoint(ST_collect(coord1, coord2, coord3, coord4, coord5, coord1 ))) from table</div><br>this doesn't work, but I'm trying to use LineFromMultiPoint in other ways...maybe it works...<br><br>THANKS <br>
<br>SELECT ST_MakePoly(ST_<div>LineFromMultiPoint(ST_collect(coord1, coord2, coord3, coord4, coord5, coord1 ))) from table<br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/23  <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicklas.aven@jordogskog.no">nicklas.aven@jordogskog.no</a>></span><br>
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<div align="left">About st_makeline an array is needed like this example:</div>
        
<div align="left">select st_makepolygon(ST_MakeLine(array[st_point(3, 2),st_point(2, 2),st_point(3, 3),st_point(2, 5),st_point(5, 5),st_point(3, 2)]));</div>
        
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<div align="left">greetings </div>
        
<div align="left">Nicklas<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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                2009-06-23 Caspa wrote:<br>
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                Hi, thanks for that,<br>
                >those are colunm in the table : <br>
                ><br>
                >       coord1  |     coord2    |  coord3       |  coord4      |  pol <br>
                > ----------------------------------------------------+--------------------<br>
                >  geom_data | geom_data | geom_data | geom_data |  I WANT THIS<br>
                ><br>
                >I tried with this but didnt work;<br>
                ><br>
                >SELECT ST_MakePoly(ST_MakeLine(coord1, coord2, coord3, coord4, coord5, coord1 ) from table<br>
                ><br>
                >the problem is that I can't make i line from more than two points ( i'm using postgis v 1.3.5 and geometry <b>ST_MakeLine</b>(geometry[] point_array); doesn't work)<br>
                > I'm trying to figure out how to use <br>
                ><br>
                >geometry <b>ST_MakeLine</b>(geometry set pointfield);<br>
                ><br>
                >but how do I build a geometry set pointfield???<br>
                >sorry...really beginner!!<br>
                ><br>
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<div>2009/6/22 Paragon Corporation <<a>lr@pcorp.us</a>><br>
                >Andrea,<br>
                > Are those individual records or columns in the table?<br>
                ><br>
                > Take a look at ST_MakeLine, ST_MakePolygon, ST_BuildArea<br>
                ><br>
                ><a href="http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/ST_MakeLine.html" target="_blank">postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/ST_MakeLine.html</a><br>
                ><br>
                ><a href="http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/ST_BuildArea.html" target="_blank">postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/ST_BuildArea.html</a><br>
                ><br>
                ><a href="http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/ST_MakePolygon.html" target="_blank">postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/ST_MakePolygon.html</a><br>
                ><br>
                ><br>
                > You build a line from points with ST_MakeLine and then do a ST_BuildArea or<br>
                > ST_MakePolygon depending on your desired effect.<br>
                ><br>
                > Leo<br>
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                        > -----Original Message-----<br>
                        > From: <a>postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net</a><br>
                        > [mailto:<a>postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net</a>] On Behalf Of Caspa<br>
                        > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 10:15 AM<br>
                        > To: <a>postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net</a><br>
                        > Subject: [postgis-users] build a polygon from points<br>
                        ><br>
                        > Hi everybody,<br>
                        > I'm new to postgis...<br>
                        > how can i build a polygon starting from points and not from x,y coord?<br>
                        ><br>
                        > i have a table built like this:<br>
                        ><br>
                        > point1 | point2 | point3 | point4 | polygon<br>
                        ><br>
                        > guess i have to use MakeLine and MakePolygon but i can't fugure out why...<br>
                        > thanks in advance<br>
                        ><br>
                        > Andrea<br>
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