Yes, i saw it, but in postgis 1.3.5 <code class="funcdef">geometry <b class="fsfunc">ST_MakeLine</b>(</code>geometry[] <var class="pdparam">point_array</var><code>)</code>;  is not implemented...<br><br>gives error...<br><br>
here it is<br><br><br>ERROR:  function makeline(geometry[]) does not exist<br>LINE 1: SELECT MakeLine(ARRAY[MakePoint(1,2,3),MakePoint(3,4,5), Mak...<br><br>you can check it here (just above example title)<br><br><a href="http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/ST_MakeLine.html">http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/ST_MakeLine.html</a><br>
<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><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">


        
        



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<div align="left">ok</div>
        
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<div align="left">you saw my second answer?</div>
        
<div align="left">st_makeline should work if you just define an apoint array like</div>
        
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<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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                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>
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                >>SELECT ST_MakePoly(ST_></div></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
        
<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>
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        >THANKS <br>
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        >SELECT ST_MakePoly(ST_>
        
<div>LineFromMultiPoint(ST_collect(coord1, coord2, coord3, coord4, coord5, coord1 ))) from table<br>
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<div>2009/6/23 <<a>nicklas.aven@jordogskog.no</a>><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>
                                
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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>
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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>
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                                                > ><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>
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                                                > ><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>
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                                                > > 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>
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                                                > > 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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