[postgis-users] box2d return from function!

[Sufficool, Stanley]

Return type should be "geometry". "Box" is a PostgreSQL native datatype,
not a PostGIS datatype.

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> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:47 AM
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> Subject: [postgis-users] box2d return from function!
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> Quick question here.....might be easy for someone who has done this:
> 
> I want to return an extent (box2d) from a plpgsql function.  I can 
> define "box2d" as a type within the function, but only "box" in the 
> function return type or the out variable type.  Apparently I 
> can't cast 
> from "box2d" to "box" either.
> 
> It is possible I am approaching this all wrong.  Is there an 
> easier way 
> to return the results of an extent query?
> 
> (Postgresql 8.2)
> 
> 
> Dan Erikson BNRSc
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