Re: [GENERAL] Build in spatial support vs. PostGIS

2009-06-22 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Assaf Assaf Lavie wrote: Can anyone please shed light on the difference between the two: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1023229/spatial-data-in-postgresql (login _not_ required) In general, if you store spatial data typically found in a CAD environment, the build in spatial features ar

Re: [GENERAL] Build in spatial support vs. PostGIS

2009-06-21 Thread Stephen Frost
* Assaf Lavie (assafla...@gmail.com) wrote: > Can anyone please shed light on the difference between the two: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1023229/spatial-data-in-postgresql > (login _not_ required) Without really good justification to use something else, I'd strongly recommend using PostG

Re: [GENERAL] Build in spatial support vs. PostGIS

2009-06-21 Thread Pavel Stehule
Hello 2009/6/21 Assaf Lavie : > Can anyone please shed light on the difference between the two: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1023229/spatial-data-in-postgresql > (login _not_ required) > some integrated support for spatial types are relative old thing probably from academic era of pg. It'

[GENERAL] Build in spatial support vs. PostGIS

2009-06-21 Thread Assaf Lavie
Can anyone please shed light on the difference between the two: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1023229/spatial-data-in-postgresql (login _not_ required) -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailp