[postgis-devel] Specifying end cap and join styles Buffer op

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

strk wrote:

> Paul and me excercised a bit in inputing SQL and found arrays
> being less comfortable than a plain string.
> 
> Compare:
> 
> 	st_buffer(geom, 10, 'join=bevel endcap=flat limit=10');
> with:
> 	st_buffer(geom, 10, '{{"join", bevel"},{"endcap","flat"},{"limit","10"}}');
> 
> (pretty sure the first one I typed it correctly, should check for the second)
> 
> --strk;

I see, although I actually had in mind using the standard array 
constructor maybe something like this:


select st_buffer(geom, 10, array['join=bevel', 'endcap=flat', 'limit=10']);


ATB,

Mark.

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