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[Mateusz Loskot <mateusz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25 September 2013 19:27, Alexey Botchkov <holyfoot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yes, but my question is not really about location of computational
>> geometry
>> bits, but about the data management: SQL data type for geometry objects,
>> input/output routines.
>
> That what i meant. That code do not use any Field data structures.

Gotcha,

>> 1. Field is the only place that defines GEOMETRY type (and there is no
>> CREATE TYPE support)
>
>
> For the Field the GEOMETRY is just the string of bytes.

Right.

>> 2. UDF prototypes will use of GEOMETRY in their prototypes to declare
>> input/output parameters
>> then I couldn't understand how it is possible to remove geometry
>> definitions from Field
>> and other internal definitions.
>
>
>
> That what i guess i missed in your question.
> Yes if we remove the GEOMETRY from the server, there's no way to specify the
> GEOMETRY type for the UDF. Though instead we can specify strings as
> parameters and treat them as GEOMETRY inside.

That completes the whole picture for me, thanks for the clarifications.

Best regards,
-- 
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