[postgis-users] length_spheroid problem

[David Blasby]

Wood Brent wrote:

> The SQL is:
> 
> select length_spheroid(the_geom,'SPHEROID["WGS84",6378137,298.25728]') from
> ....
> 
> 
> but it generates the error message:
> 
> ERROR:  SPHEROID parser - couldnt parse the spheroid


dblasby3=# select length_spheroid('LINESTRING(0 0,1 
1)','SPHEROID["WGS84",6378137,298.25728]');
  length_spheroid
------------------
  156899.568401239
(1 row)

Works fine for me.  You might want to try out the CVS version.

dave