[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #252: Text autocasting behavior of geography is breaking geometry functionality

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#252: Text autocasting behavior of geography is breaking geometry functionality
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 Reporter:  robe     |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:  postgis 1.5.0
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:           |  
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 I have always been against these autocasts especially the text ones.
 While I would like to remove it for geometry, that will of course break
 existing functionality, but PLEASE remove it for geography.

 This breaks
 SELECT ST_AsBinary('POINT(1 2)');

 and gives this error

 ERROR:  function st_asbinary(unknown) is not unique
 LINE 1: SELECT ST_AsBinary('POINT(1 2)')
                ^
 HINT:  Could not choose a best candidate function. You might need to add
 explicit type casts.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/252>
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