[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        
Resolution:           |    Keywords:               
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Comment (by robe):

 Okay this is a more serious problem than I thought.  We don't have an
 autocast for text.  Its the fact that

 'POINT(1..)' is unknown and not text.

 SELECT ST_AsBinary('POINT(1 3)'::text)

 works fine. I guess we'll have the same issue with WKTRaster.  Not sure
 the solution to this without resorting to different naming :(

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