Re: [GENERAL] Geometric operators
Steffen Zimmert <szimmert@crcg.edu>
From: Steffen Zimmert <szimmert@crcg.edu>
To: Jeff Hoffmann <jeff@remapcorp.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL General Mailing List <pgsql-general@hub.org>
Date: 1999-06-19T01:17:37Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Hi, Jeff Hoffmann wrote: > > selkovjr.mcs.anl.gov@mcs.anl.gov wrote: > > That is not exactly so, if I may. '&&' is, like Steffen has already > > mentioned, an operator for overlap. What the original posting inquired > > about was containment. There are two operators for that, '~' and > > '@', with the meanings of 'contains' and 'contained', respectively. Thank you very much, I tried your examples and suggestions using the '@' operator and PostgreSQL does exactly what I want it do! ;)) Besides, does anybody have some experience with the JDBC driver? My application should connect to the database and store an object in together with a box object. Is it possible? Sorry about my silly questions but I am really new to the database stuff. -- Best Regards, Steffen Zimmert Steffen Zimmert Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics Providence, Rhode Island, USA email: szimmert@crcg.edu