[postgis-users] Geometry column

[strk at refractions.net]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:34:55PM +0800, Lee Wai See wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> Can someone please enlighten the reason for the format for storing
> geometries? In other words, why is it necessary to store a geometry in such
> a format instead of simply just its coordinates? Thanks in advance.

Do you mean "POINT(0 45)" ?
That's now what is stored inside the database, just it's external
representation ("canonical text form", is called)

--strk;