[postgis-users] X() function working for POINTs and MULTIPOINTs

[Markus Schaber]

Hi, Bernhard,

Bernhard Reimar Hoefle wrote:

> The PostGIS x() function does not support MULTIPOINTs and the geometryN() does
> not support POINTs.
> 
> select x('MULTIPOINT(1 1 1,2 2 2)'::GEOMETRY);
> ERROR:  Argument to X() must be a point
> ERROR:  Argument to X() must be a point

You might want to write your own set returning plpgsql function. This
way, it is even possible that select your_x('MULTIPOINT(...)') returns
two rows, 1 and 2.

HTH,
Schabi



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