[postgis-users] Polygon and Multipolygon distinguished by field type constraint - call for a generic AnyPoly type

[Ben Madin]

Could you not just use a Geometry type?

cheers

Ben


On 02/07/2009, at 5:47 PM, Ben Harper wrote:

> I am looking for a way of creating a geometry field that has a
> constrained type identical to the Shapefile spec.
> Basically, Polygons and MultiPolygons are equals. Linestrings and
> Multilinestrings are equals.
> Is there a way to accomplish this with PostGIS?
> If I make the field Polygon, then I can't insert Multipolygons, and  
> vice versa.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
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