[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #3125: ST_LineLocatePoint garden crasher

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#3125: ST_LineLocatePoint garden crasher
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 Reporter:  robe      |      Owner:  pramsey
     Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  critical  |  Milestone:  PostGIS 2.1.8
Component:  postgis   |    Version:  2.1.x
 Keywords:            |
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 This issue looks like it probably got introduced with PostGIS 2.1.7 (since
 that exhibits the issue and so does 2.1 and trunk).


 {{{
 SELECT ST_LineLocatePoint(ST_MakeLine('POINT(1 2)'::geometry, 'POINT
 EMPTY'::geometry), ST_Point(-11,40));
 }}}


 What is also interesting about this problem, is I can't make a linestring
 from the wkt of it:


 {{{ -- gives ERROR:  geometry requires more points
 SELECT 'LINESTRING(1 2)'::geometry;
 }}}


 But am able to using ST_MakeLine or the canonical form


 {{{
 SELECT ST_MakeLine('POINT(1 2)'::geometry, 'POINT EMPTY'::geometry);

 SELECT '010200000001000000000000000000F03F0000000000000040'::geometry;
 }}}


 Which I guess is okay since we want people to be able to restore corrupt
 data though not necessarily create such a thing.

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