[postgis-users] how to define an alias for && operator?

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net 
> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On 
> Behalf Of Markus Schaber
> Sent: 04 November 2005 16:24
> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] how to define an alias for && operator?
> 
> 
> Hi, Strk,
> 
> strk at refractions.net wrote:
> > I would be surprised if you get that function to use an 
> index. Did you 
> > verify it ?
> 
> I would not be so surprised, as it is in defined in the 'sql' 
> language as opposed to 'plpgsql'. I remember having read that 
> the query planner is able to inline 'sql' language functions 
> before optimizing the query plan.
> 
> Markus


More PostgreSQL voodoo. Impressive :)


Kind regards,

Mark.

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