[Fwd: [QUESTIONS] an apparent error in answer from "##" (closest proximity)operator] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Gautam H Thaker
Subject [Fwd: [QUESTIONS] an apparent error in answer from "##" (closest proximity)operator]
Date
Msg-id 35487F48.F87225D4@atl.lmco.com
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Hi,

sorry to bug you as an individual, but I had no replies
at all to my postings below. Can you point me to a
place/person/source where I might try to seek an answer?

Thanks.

Gautam

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1st posting (2nd posting attached to this email.)
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I am trying

drop table lines;
DROP

create table lines (
        l line
);
CREATE

insert into lines values ('((0,0),(1,2))'::line);
WARN:fmgr_info: function 0: cache lookup failed

EOF


If I change line to lseg everthing work ok.

I believe this is Postgres 6.3 (but I don't know how to
readily find that out on a running/installed version.
Is there  a way to know by looking into some file someplace?)

Thanks


--
Gautam H. Thaker
Distributed Processing Lab; Lockheed Martin Adv. Tech. Labs
A&E 3W; 1 Federal Street; Camden, NJ 08102
609-338-3907, fax 609-338-4144  email: gthaker@atl.lmco.com
template1=> select '(0,0)'::point ## '((2,0),(0,2))'::lseg as
closest_point;
closest_point
-------------
(1,1)
(1 row)

looks to be correct but


template1=> select '(1,1)'::point ## '((0,0),(0,2))'::lseg as
closest_point;
closest_point
-------------
(0,0)
(1 row)


seems to be in error as the closest point should be "(0,1)" on the lseg,
is it not?

(please excuse me if am totally brain dead here....)

--
Gautam H. Thaker
Distributed Processing Lab; Lockheed Martin Adv. Tech. Labs
A&E 3W; 1 Federal Street; Camden, NJ 08102
609-338-3907, fax 609-338-4144  email: gthaker@atl.lmco.com
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