[postgis-users] where has the wkb type gone?

[Richard Taylor]

Hi

I am converting a Python library from a rather old version of postgis to the 
latest release. The library relies upon the oid of the columns returned from 
a select query to know whether the data is in WKT or WKB. The type oid used 
to be 'wkb' for a WKB return and 'geometry' for a WKT return. At some point 
during the development of postgis the 'wkb' type has been removed. 

Is there anyway in the latest release that I can work out whether the format 
of the return from a select query is in WKT or WKB?

Regards

Richard

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