[postgis-users] How to trim a GeometryCollection toget aMultiPolygon?

[Obe, Regina]

Arnaud,

Great idea.  Yes I think that is better, less prone to error and probably faster since integer checks are faster than string checks.  I'm assuming the cost of accessing the ST_Dimension is not any more (and probably less) than the cost of accessing the geometry type and both are fairly negligable.

Thanks,
Regina

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Obe Regina - robe.dnd at cityofboston.gov a écrit :
>  WHERE ST_GeometryType(foo.the_geom) ILIKE '%polygon%'

Would it be enough to check the dimension of the geomtry in that case ?
(i.e. ST_Dimension(foo.the_geom) = 2)

And, more important, do you think it be faster than checking its type 
against a string ?



Regards
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Arnaud
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