[postgis-users] ST_Boundary returns MULTIPOLYGON

[Sandro Santilli]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 06:29:32PM -0500, BladeOfLight16 wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, I could see that as a reasonable interpretation. Just another in
> > the large collection of corner cases opened up by allowing typed empty
> > (my fault). The code probably just tests for empty and reflects the
> > input back in that case.
> >
> 
> Just for the record, I don't see a problem with EMPTY. It's a legal
> geometry definition (including by WKT). It makes just as much sense as
> empty string, imo. (The fact Oracle treats empty string as NULL has driven
> me a little batty on occasion.) I'm glad for the distinction.
> 
> Do I need to file a bug report somewhere, or is this enough?

A ticket on trac would ensure it gets fixed (I think it's worth it).
If you attach a patch that'd even happen fast! :)

Thank you.

http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/

--strk;