[postgis-devel] [raster] ST_Binary semantic

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 28 February 2013 12:35, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
>
> Currently (SVN trunk), ST_Binary manifests dual nature, depending on
> in-db or out-db storage of raster data.
>
> For in-db,
> ST_Binary returns complete blob with raster data in WKB format [1]
> For out-db,
> ST_Binary returns the WKB header followed by local file path.
>

Turns out it is an important issue, ticket reported:

http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/2217

Best regards,
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Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net