[postgis-users] difference between envolope and extent

Arnaud Lesauvage arnaud.listes at supermail.fr
Wed Jul 18 02:36:59 PDT 2007


temiz a écrit :
> I was wondering if anyone told me what the difference between envolope 
> and extent was ?
> 
> these give same results on polygons

Extent() is an aggregate function while Envelope() is not.
You can use Extent() to get the bounding box of a query result for instance.

Regards
--
Arnaud



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