[postgis-devel] Function Naming

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

Obe, Regina wrote:

> Does ESRI use GIST as well for their PG_GEOMETRY or whatever they call 
> it.  I'm just thinking if we call it geometry  may get confusing for 
> people that use both types. Though theirs is in a separate schema anyway 
> so doesn't matter I suppose except if someone makes the sde schema a 
> global one then we could have some clashes maybe.  Probably not.  Just 
> thinking out loud.

Heh. I think anyone who installs both PostGIS and ESRI's geometry type 
into the same database should probably have their head examined anyway 
:)  Seriously, how could anyone do this and sanely expect it all to work 
without any problems??!


ATB,

Mark.

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