Re: [SQL] line datatype - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [SQL] line datatype
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Msg-id 12277.1026827054@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [SQL] line datatype  (Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>)
Responses Re: [SQL] line datatype  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> writes:
> The issue is in choosing an external format for LINE which does not lose
> precision during dump/reload.

Why is this any worse for LINE than for any of the other geometric
types (or for plain floats, for that matter)?

We do need a solution for exact dump/reload of floating-point data,
but I don't see why the lack of it should be reason to disable access
to the LINE type.
        regards, tom lane


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