Hi Mark, Look at Postgis, to do this properly. It adds full OGC spec support for managing spatial/querying spatial data within a Postgres database.
It is an option included with the Windows Postgres installer, but is generally extra packages under Linux. Cheers, Brent Wood >>> mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/11/08 5:34 AM >>> hi.. i want to store latitude and longitude in a users table.. what is the best data type to use for this? i want to be able to find use this info to find users within a distance.. how do i go about doing this? thanks -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
