I need to determine whether a given pair of coordinates is inside a given rectangle. According to the documentation,
PostgreSQLprovides the box and point types and a "contains" operator that will be perfect for this. However, the
exampleprovided in the documentation only shows the creation of boxes and points from constant values. So, the
followingquery works:
select tran_car_identification, box '((0, 1), (2, 3))' from transfer_car
But if I try to use a field from the transfer_car table, it doesn't work:
select tran_car_identification, box '((location, 1), (2, 3))' from transfer_car
That gives me an "invalid input syntax for type box" error.
How do I create a box object using data from the transfer_car table?
Thanks very much!
RobR
