[postgis-users] Postgisfunction like Arc's "near"

[Morten Sickel]

I would like to repeat an analysis that has been done in arcgis (10.1) in
postgis (1.5) (I am running on debian, I could have upgraded, but as my
project soon is finished, I would like to, if possible finish it in 1.5)

The ananlysis in arc is done using the near table function:

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00080000001n000000

does this exist in postgis 1.5 (or newer)?

Morten