[postgis-devel] WKB type

[strk at refractions.net]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 09:16:22AM -0700, David Blasby wrote:
> > The 'WKB' postgresql datatype will no more be needed,
> > does it sound Dave ?
> 
> 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).

isn't this the missing btree operator class problem ?

> 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).

mmm... can you make a few examples ?

I think the development direction is providing
an API to clients willing to work with geometries, so that
the GEOMETRY type is used directly (instead of WKB).

--strk;