[postgis-devel] WKB type

[Graeme Leeming]

For example Safe Software's FME works most efficiently when retrieving 
PostGIS geometries as WKB.

David Blasby wrote:

>>The 'WKB' postgresql datatype will no more be needed,
>>does it sound Dave ?
>>    
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>I dont think you should take the WKB type away.  If anything, I've had
>requests to add extra support from it (so you can put it in group
>by/order by/distinct clauses).
>It also provides tagging so you can differenciate ordinary BYTEA
>binary data and WKB data.
>
>It also means that external applications can automatically recognize
>WKB data comming towards them (instead just seeing text or bytea).
>
>dave
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